#103 | OmarsComin | Posted 9/1/2011 1:21:49 AM | message detail | quote
this reminds me of when teachers get fired when the community sees pictures of them drinking, or finds out they're gay, or whatever.
my feeling on this is that an employer should never be able to fire you for something that happens off the clock. if it doesn't affect your job, it's really none of anyone's business!
This brings up an interesting point -- people can be fired for posting pictures of themselves drunk on facebook. It doesn't have to affect their work. They may not even have a drinking problem. They may have just went out and partied hard for their birthday. Might have even been on the weekend. At which point there is no real risk involved. But they can still be fired, so long as they aren't an alcoholic.
Could they admit their an alcoholic? Maybe. I'm not totally sure. But I bet they'd have to go through AA, when they may only casually drink and have no real problem. (And if they can do that, it brings up a whole slew of new questions)
That one could be fired for NOT having a problem seems like a bigger wrong here to me.
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