Really? So when this drunk gets his job back and kills someone - and the family of the dead person sues the trucking company for knowingly allowing a drunk on the road, guess what happens?
Yeah - in obama's america - "fairness" dictates that we endanger other motorists because this guy cant control himself for the needs of the job.
What next - suing a plane company who fires a pilot who contracts a dehibilitating eye disease and cant see? Well, knowing obama admn, probably would happen.
And now alcoholism is a disease under the ADA? WTF? Should be let known drunks operate cranes, trains, and ships?
Classifying alcoholism as a disease or a disability in not something new and it is definitely not something started by the Obama administration.
One of the most misunderstood areas of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA") is an employer's rights and responsibilities with respect to alcoholics and drug abusers. This article briefly examines the basic rules on alcoholism and drug abuse from the employer perspective.
An individual with alcoholism has a disability which is protected under the ADA .. . An employer may not refuse to hire a qualified individual because of his or her alcoholism, and may not punish an alcoholic employee more severely than non-alcoholic employees for the same conduct.
Reasonable accommodation for alcoholics: Although employers must provide reasonable accommodation to alcoholics in appropriate cases, an employer is never required to provide an accommodation to facilitate employee alcoholism or tolerate substandard performance resulting from alcoholism.
For example, an employer need not allow an employee to come in late on Monday mornings due to weekend binges. Reasonable accommodation may include, however, allowing an alcoholic employee time off to participate in a rehabilitation program or attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Employers are not required to provide a reasonable accommodation which creates undue hardship for the employer.
Employers should enforce workplace standards uniformly: Employers should establish and enforce workplace standards regarding alcohol in the workplace.
