Tuesday, May 30, 2006
[IWS] One in six Britons 'Under the Influence' at Work [30 May 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Royal & SunAlliance
News Release
Tuesday May 30 2006
One in six Britons under the influence at work
http://www.royalsunalliance.com/royalsun/uploads/press/24hourdrinking-consumerFINAL.doc
[full-text, 4 pages]
· 20 25 per cent of workplace accidents attributed to alcohol.1
· Two million Britons have taken a day off sick in the last six months due to a hangover.2
· 1.4 million people plan to hit the pubs in working hours during the World Cup.
· 20 per cent of employers plan to keep their staff out of the pub during the World Cup by showing games in the workplace.3
One in six employees in Britain has been under the influence of alcohol at work in the last six months, a study into Alcohol in the workplace by leading commercial insurer Royal & SunAlliance (R&SA) has revealed.
With 20 25 per cent of accidents in the workplace caused by alcohol, these statistics will be of concern to many employers.
Nearly 60,000 employers also attribute the effects of alcohol the next day, on up to ten per cent of absenteeism, and 54,000 blame up to ten per cent of workplace under-performance on alcohol.
The R&SA study was commissioned to examine the effects of the 24-hour drinking legislation on alcohol in the workplace after six months of the new licensing laws. The research showed that two million working Britons took one or more days off sick due to alcohol-induced illness over the last six months. Whilst both employers and employees did not think the problem has got worse since the introduction of 24-hour drinking in November, there is an ongoing cultural problem in Britain of people drinking alcohol during the working day.
AND MORE....
(Thanks to Timothy Schmidle, New York State Workers' Compensation Board, for the tip).
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Royal & SunAlliance
News Release
Tuesday May 30 2006
One in six Britons under the influence at work
http://www.royalsunalliance.com/royalsun/uploads/press/24hourdrinking-consumerFINAL.doc
[full-text, 4 pages]
· 20 25 per cent of workplace accidents attributed to alcohol.1
· Two million Britons have taken a day off sick in the last six months due to a hangover.2
· 1.4 million people plan to hit the pubs in working hours during the World Cup.
· 20 per cent of employers plan to keep their staff out of the pub during the World Cup by showing games in the workplace.3
One in six employees in Britain has been under the influence of alcohol at work in the last six months, a study into Alcohol in the workplace by leading commercial insurer Royal & SunAlliance (R&SA) has revealed.
With 20 25 per cent of accidents in the workplace caused by alcohol, these statistics will be of concern to many employers.
Nearly 60,000 employers also attribute the effects of alcohol the next day, on up to ten per cent of absenteeism, and 54,000 blame up to ten per cent of workplace under-performance on alcohol.
The R&SA study was commissioned to examine the effects of the 24-hour drinking legislation on alcohol in the workplace after six months of the new licensing laws. The research showed that two million working Britons took one or more days off sick due to alcohol-induced illness over the last six months. Whilst both employers and employees did not think the problem has got worse since the introduction of 24-hour drinking in November, there is an ongoing cultural problem in Britain of people drinking alcohol during the working day.
AND MORE....
(Thanks to Timothy Schmidle, New York State Workers' Compensation Board, for the tip).
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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