In Latvia, there is a saying bosses have about alcoholic workers. "We have no problem with alcoholism, all we have to do is sign a piece of paper." This unwillingness to deal with the problem has prompted the UN and other international groups to try to change the way employers look at alcoholism, as Katya Cengel reports.When most Latvian companies discover an alcoholic employee, the solution is simple: they fire him.An international program organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and funded by the United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP) is trying to change this. "The Wor...
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