[lbo-talk] less booze at holiday parties

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Employers Acknowledge Sobering View
>
>HOLIDAY PARTY MAY BE FREE-FLOWING
>BUT NOT ALCOHOL: SURVEY
>
>      ... A growing number of employers are declaring a drug-free workplace 
>and are instituting programs that incorporate a clear, consistent 
>zero-tolerance policy; education and training; drug testing; and an 
>employee assistance program to help employees address their substance abuse 
>problem.
>      A survey of large companies by the American Management Association 
>found that more than 80 percent now test for drugs, a 277 percent increase 
>since 1987.

Hmm, no drugs, no booze, no smoking.  No wonder Americans are such porkers 
-- how can indulge yourself in this control-freak country except by eating?

Carl

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