During a conversation with Fred and Larissa in the early hours of last Wednesday (8), at Big Brother Brasil, the actress Bruna Griphao admitted that she has already worked and participated in recordings while she was drunk, including on TV Globo, the station she is part of.
In the chat, Griphao asks if Fred has ever worked drunk. After her brother’s affirmation, Bruna confesses that she also appeared drunk during work, but admits that “I couldn’t even say that in here because I’ve worked here my whole life [na Globo]”.
During the conversation, Griphao also said that he has already made several recordings “upset, straight from parties”. At that moment, the cameras cut the trio’s conversation.
Can I be fired for cause if I drink during working hours?
In an interview with CNN, labor lawyer Rafael Fernandes says that “labor legislation provides for a series of serious behaviors practiced by the worker that can be classified as just cause and, among them, there is drunkenness at work”.
Therefore, the worker who is caught consuming alcoholic beverages during working hours may indeed be dismissed for just cause.
The lawyer clarifies that theJust cause is the most serious punishment that a worker can suffer, and in this modality, the employee only receives the salary balance for the days worked and the vacations due plus the constitutional third.”
What if I already arrive at work drunk?
If the employee arrives at work visibly intoxicated, he also runs the risk of being fired for just cause, but with a small difference in relation to drinking during working hours.
The lawyer explains thatin situations where the employee arrives drunk, it is recommended, before applying the penalty [demissão]an analysis of the case, in order to verify if the problem is usual or occasional”.
Rafael clarifies that, although habitual drunkenness is serious conduct at work, it needs to be analyzed. This is because, if the employee is diagnosed as an alcoholic, the company needs to provide medical assistance before any punishment.
“The understanding of Labor Judges and Courts converges in the sense that alcoholism is classified as a chronic disease, given that the worker affected by this disease does not deserve punishment, but welcome and treatment”, says Rafael.
Source: CNN Brasil
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