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Joseph Hazelwood had a drinking problem. He went to rehab for his alcoholism. Once out of rehab his employer granted him 90 days of leave to attend Alcoholics Anonymous.
Sometime after he returned to his job he caused an accident. There were some lawsuits. He was fined $50,000 for his part in the accident. His employer was hit with $3,500,000,000 in damages.
Exxon learned a lesson and so did every other employer.
Absolutely. If this company has a driver while drunk cause an accident it's going to be bad. If someone they know is an alcoholic gets drunk and causes an accident every lawyer from miles around will pile on.
Unless the EEOC wants to grant this company immunity from such actions, they need to drop this position.