Dear List,
Could I have your advice please..............
The Company I work for and I (as in OH) have been supporting a lady that
following a incident in Aug 2009 informed the company that she was an
alcoholic. She had managed to function in her role for 18months before
suspicion was aroused re the drinking, she has openly admitted that
during our sessions that she was frequently drunk at work, none of the
drinking to date has been on work premises. She was told that if she
took all the help that was provided her job would be safe but this was a
one chance salon.
We contacted her G.P., who provided a report which to be honest was no
help. We suggested that she contacted Cruse for counselling to try to
address the reason why the drinking became out of control and then to
Drink sense for support for the alcoholism- she did not fancy a group
meeting provided by her local AA. She did the Cruse counselling and
attended sessions on a 1 to 1 basis with drinksense. I had tried to
seek her permission to contact Drinksense to see whether there was more
as a company we could do to support her but she declined, she maintained
that they were advising her that she could remain a social drinker which
has never sat easy with me.
We are now 16 months down the line and I am now in a position to suspect
that her drinking has increased again but have nothing concrete to base
my assumptions on. Her tremors have returned and her skin has taken on
that grey pallor. It has been mentioned to 2 supervisors from
individuals on a shift that they have smelt alcohol on her but these
people will not mention it to management as they do not want a part in
her potentially losing her role. The risk involved with her work is
very minimal, there is more of a risk to quality of the products we
manufacture than her personal safety- this is quietly being managed by
her manager- she is unaware. We have fortnightly get togethers to
discuss how things are going, I have asked her out right if she is
indeed drinking to excess but she denies it, she maintains that she in
only drinking x2 small sherry sized glasses of wine on a Friday and
Saturday evening and occasionally up the club on a Sunday. People have
seen her on work functions slightly worse for wear.
What would you do? My company does not want to introduce breathalyser
tests but know that this may be an avenue that we may need to consider
but would this single her out as they do not want a blanket approach.
They have suggested that if it is suspected she is under the influence
that she is brought over to OH and I perform the 'standard police test'-
walk the line, point to your nose etc but I am a little wary of taking
on this responsibility.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks
Terri
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