Programme to help alcoholics
The Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council is adverI tising for an industrial I liaison officer to tell i employers and unions i about the high cost to industry of alcohol probi lems. It is a new post. The successful applicant will urge employers and unions to set up proj grammes to identify and I help employees with alcohol problems.
The chairman of the council’s programmes in industry committee (Sir Charles Bums) said that New Zealand had between 50,000 and 60,000 alcoholics, and a much greater number who were heavy drinkers. The impact of this on efficiency, production, and wages earned was obvious.
Addiction or dependence on alcohol contributed to work accidents, ab< senteeism, and faulty judgment. It led inevitably to lower productivity and lost business.
“At present, virtually the only options open to unrecovered alcoholics are demotion, dismissal or even premature retirement, The programmes being established are aimed at helping them towards recovery and return to a full role in the workforce,” said Sir Charles.
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