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Old 12-17-2006, 10:23 AM
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Question boss allow drinking at work??? Utah
I worked for a place for 3 months and when i got hired my boss told me that he didnt mind if we went to the bar on our lunch and have a few drinks he just didnt want us to come to work drunk...I didnt really think anything of it but then i noticed that alot of the people there took him off on the "drinking at work" offer. There was even a girl (a supervisor) who kept a bottle of hard liquor in her desk. The boss new about this and didnt' mind. I recently was terminated from my job about a week ago. For reasons i'm not sure. Isn't it illegal to allow drinking in the work environment???
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Old 12-17-2006, 10:25 AM
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Sure.

Not smart and certainly not professional... but it is not illegal unless that drinking is inappropriate for other reasons...

For instance, if it is a trucking company I wouldn't suggest the drivers drink. However, a three martini lunch was long a standard of the professional day for many years.
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Old 12-17-2006, 10:28 AM
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Old 12-17-2006, 11:48 AM
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Isn't it illegal to allow drinking in the work environment???
No.

I cannot tell why you were fired. It could have been because you would not engage in the social activities. That would suck, but I can't say it would be illegal.
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Old 12-18-2006, 11:23 AM
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Not since Prohibition.
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