This Is Great News For Beer Drinkers,

that like a beer or three whilst working!

photograph tito pixel/Unsplash, a Spanish court ruled that an electrical company was wrong to fire one of its electricians for allegedly drinking more than three litres of beer on the job, in September of 2021, the Spanish electrical company fired an electrician that had been with the company for 27 years after a private detective presented evidence that he had been constantly consuming alcohol on the job over several weeks, the private eye had been hired by the company to observe the sacked employee and his colleagues throughout the day, and he observed them drinking copious amounts of beer all through the day, case closed I would have thought, but apparently not, the court ordered the electrical company to either reinstate the sacked worker or pay them 47,000 euros, at todays rate £41,613.45 or $52,303.95, it turns out being drunk is only true when the employer can prove without a shadow of a doubt that the accused was inebriated to the point where he could no longer fulfil his duty safely, and the private investigator did not do that, “At no time did the private detective make mentions of signs of inebriation or clumsiness when it came to walking,” the court explained, “There is no proof – documentary, expert or witness – that unequivocally demonstrates that the man was under the effects of alcohol and was inebriated, intoxicated or drunk. Neither has it been proved, even circumstantially, that his physical and mental faculties were reduced or diminished during his tasks as an electrician, nor that he was impeded when he drove the company van at the end of the working day.” so it appears whatever profession you are in, drinking and working are perfectly compatible!