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The Curse of the Working Classes Alcohol as a Workplace Issue

The Curse of the Working Classes Alcohol as a Workplace Issue The purpose of this article is to consider the mainissues for managers in dealing with problemdrinking. It reviews legal and medical criteria, andsocietys ambivalent attitude towards alcohol. Theimportance of the work nexus in devising policiesand approaching situations is explored.Based on a thorough review of tribunal cases itlooks at some of the errors management makein dealing with the issue as a discipline problem.The article considers current medical and legalopinion and the views of ACAS in treating alcoholabuse as an ill health issue, and expressesreservations about the danger of creating analcoholic elite. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Personnel Review Emerald Publishing

The Curse of the Working Classes Alcohol as a Workplace Issue

Personnel Review , Volume 19 (5): 9 – May 1, 1990

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
0048-3486
DOI
10.1108/00483489010142060
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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to consider the mainissues for managers in dealing with problemdrinking. It reviews legal and medical criteria, andsocietys ambivalent attitude towards alcohol. Theimportance of the work nexus in devising policiesand approaching situations is explored.Based on a thorough review of tribunal cases itlooks at some of the errors management makein dealing with the issue as a discipline problem.The article considers current medical and legalopinion and the views of ACAS in treating alcoholabuse as an ill health issue, and expressesreservations about the danger of creating analcoholic elite.

Journal

Personnel ReviewEmerald Publishing

Published: May 1, 1990

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