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You can't fire me, I'm drunk!
reuters ^ | January 14, 2009

Posted on 01/14/2009 8:36:32 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job, a decision that was criticized by the government on Wednesday for setting a dangerous precedent.

The Constitutional Tribunal ordered that Pablo Cayo be given his job back as a janitor for the municipality of Chorrillos, which fired him for being intoxicated at work.

The firing was excessive because even though Cayo was drunk, he did not offend or hurt anybody, Fernando Calle, one of the justices, said on Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: employmentatwill; freedomofcontract; judiciary; libertarians

1 posted on 01/14/2009 8:36:33 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sounds just like California to me...


2 posted on 01/14/2009 8:38:22 PM PST by tubebender ( If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.)
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To: TheMom; Squantos; humblegunner; Allegra; Xenalyte; thackney
You can't fire me, I'm drunk!

Good news!

3 posted on 01/16/2009 12:44:16 PM PST by Eaker (I am Going to Give B. Hussein O. The Very Same Respect the Media Gave George Bush.)
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To: Eaker

No fair stealing the New Mexico state motto!

Wait, you have to have a job to be fired....


4 posted on 01/16/2009 12:46:16 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Eaker; TheMom; humblegunner; Xenalyte

I’m moving to Peru.


5 posted on 01/16/2009 12:46:49 PM PST by Allegra
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Wait, you have to have a job to be fired....

Whew, that was a close one!

6 posted on 01/16/2009 12:47:25 PM PST by Eaker (I am Going to Give B. Hussein O. The Very Same Respect the Media Gave George Bush.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
This guy will be making his move to Peru any day now....
7 posted on 01/16/2009 12:48:19 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Eaker

Will a 6 pack a day protect me from the layoff?


8 posted on 01/16/2009 1:05:48 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney
Will a 6 pack a day protect me from the layoff?

Only if they are "fowtys".

9 posted on 01/16/2009 1:50:49 PM PST by Eaker (I am Going to Give B. Hussein O. The Very Same Respect the Media Gave George Bush.)
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To: Allegra

I thought yew wuz in Peeru ?


10 posted on 01/16/2009 2:14:29 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Eaker; Tijeras_Slim

Surely this 3rd world policy will be adopted by the new Precedent NLT next weekend !

whoooo hooo !


11 posted on 01/16/2009 2:17:28 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Eaker; TheMom; Squantos; humblegunner; Allegra; thackney; Bacon Man; Hap

Damn, I hope Peru has a Renaissance festival.


12 posted on 01/16/2009 3:05:38 PM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: Xenalyte

If not we’ll start one....Eaker likes to dress up !


13 posted on 01/16/2009 3:32:52 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

LOL... OK, now that I think about it... Who cares if the janitor is drunk? I mean, if the guy was a truck driver, yeah that’s gonna be a problem. But there’s pretty limited damage he can do with a mop and a bucket.


14 posted on 01/16/2009 3:48:03 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Eaker

Awesome!

I’ll get all hammered up Monday and try this out.

Besides, nothing spells “fun” like being all drunked up
around a few hundred thousand gallons of flammable stuff
and a few tons of explosives. As I’m sure you know.


15 posted on 01/16/2009 4:26:53 PM PST by humblegunner (Where my PIE at, fool?)
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