Peruvian Drunkards Win Right Not To Get Fired

We have to make a disclosure before we run this story: we’re both Peruvian and someone who’s been drunk at work (note to former employers, we didn’t say which job, so ha). So of course this story about the Peruvian Supreme Court ruling that employers can’t fire their hires because they’re a little bit drunk hits pretty close to home. Actually, don’t tell anyone over at the MC headquarters, but we’ve got a little Pisco Sour in us right now. You know, you guys are the best readers, ever… seriously, you guys… you’re the gu….ZZZZZZ…

The Constitutional Tribunal ordered that Pablo Cayo be given his job back as a janitor for the municipality of Chorrillos, which fired him for being intoxicated at work. The firing was excessive because even though Cayo was drunk, he did not offend or hurt anybody, Fernando Calle, one of the justices, said on Wednesday…

ZZZ.. Whh? Oh, right. [/sitting up straight, fixing tie] So what exactly do they mean about offending someone, and how did this not happen? Seriously, what are the odds that a drunk, pissed off janitor didn’t run into someone they didn’t like and just start mouthing off until he got fired? Because seriously, who does know Pablo down there… at that place in Chorrillos where he works? No one, including Celso Becerra.

Celso Becerra, the administrative chief of Chorrillos, a suburb of Lima, denounced the ruling.

“We’ve fired four workers for showing up drunk, and two of them were drivers,” he said. “How can we allow a drunk to work who might run somebody over?”

Very easily… hire designated drivers. That way, you get around the ruling, you hire more people in this bad economy and it’s a win-win for everyone. That is, until the drunks start to get all depressed. That’s when you fire them for being mopey, which we’re sure is still okay in Peru.
You can’t fire me, I’m drunk! [Reuters/Yahoo]
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