You can't fire me, I'm drunk!

It depends -- how drunk ?
Not harm anyone yet doesn't mean it won't happen.

Drunk at work? How often?

Drunk but conscious? How did he do his task on the day ?

At least he went to work.
That meant he wasn't that drunk.
But yes, it's inappropriate and should be happened.

wow, what to do....

Do You have any idea how many practicing drunks sit on the Judicial bench in the U.S. ???
That's NOT WATER They're sipping!!!

Pardoning the first time would be fine, along with a lecture about responsilbility, because you so things that you wouldn't do when drunk. However, if this behavior becomes repetitive, he should be fired.

Have you ever worked in Peru? You need to be drunk!

To think of all the wonderful things I could have said to my first boss...and then say I didn't mean it. I was drunk.

I'm moving to peru.

besides it's natural wonders and a few historic cities Peru is a shit-hole . you start firing every coca leaf chewing peasant or drunken janitor and you'd be starving most of the population .

Was he really drunk? You should be able to throw one back at lunch without consequence. But, not even a janitor shouldn't be blasted at work, thats just disrespectful.

Does this mean any job? If it was a doctor would he be fired?

Well we already are prohibited to drink alcohol at my job, so if you come drunk they don't even let you in, and they don't let you come back either (if you see what I mean)

I'll drink to that! At least if you get fired for being drunk you can still draw unemployment in some states.

Amazing story all round.

id be drunk at work too if i was a janitor.

The cool side of me says right on man, drinking at work and getting away with it. Hell I've had a couple drinks with my restaurant coworkers behind the boss's back, but nothing crazy. But here I see a couple problems. One, what if this guy has a severe drinking problem? Shouldn't there be help for this guy if so. Two, if this guy were to have an accident involving himself and/or others, wouldn't the company be held responsible for knowingly employing a person who has a diminished thought capacity due to inebriation?

That is a bit of a bizarre decision, and it does set a bad precedent, particularly for repeated drunk offenders...

Hmmm, I wonder if this was his first offence though?

interesting...and how does their economy do?

That's just silly. Imagine how much havoc that could result from that...

I guess if they can be drunk *and* do their job efficiently... sounds unlikely though. this ruling make no sense.

This really should be the decision of the court anyway. This employer wasn't discriminating or anything illegal, merely setting standards ensuring that the job required of his/her employee wasn't being deterred by anything. There's also the fact that an intoxicated person could also potentially, however unlikely, become more easily violent or disruptive. It acts as too large a threat to the productivity to the job regardless of however menial the work may seem.

What if your drunk a no-one notices, is that alright?

Nor in the Czech Republic... :)

Peru is going the way of the US. First workers had no rights now it seems employers have none. Drinking on the job should be a reason to be canned. Keep giving in and soon their jobs too will go the way the US jobs have, to Asia.