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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Tougher attitudes toward on-the-job drinking
10 April 2008


As the rate of consumption of alcohol has increased in Finland, employers are taking a tougher line on employees appearing intoxicated at work.

A couple of years ago Finland's central labour market organisations reworked the old guidelines for encouraging abusers to seek treatment. The aim was to improve the preventative aspects of the procedure. The Huugo programme was aimed at training employees to cut back on consumption of alcohol. Tens of thousands have taken part in the training.
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