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  • Alcohol Policy

    Posted by Stephen Small on 19 January 2022 at 9:29 am

    Folks

    We are reviewing our Alcohol Policy.

    At present our alcohol impairment level is as per NZTA legal limit for driving – although we also say that we strictly forbid alcohol being consumed on a company worksite without express permission of Management.

    I am interested in what others do especially around the after hours ‘on-call’ and ‘called out’ provisions ?

    Thanks

    Stephen.

    Bill Doig replied 2 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Christopher Davies

    Member
    19 January 2022 at 12:41 pm

    Counties Energy has a zero alcohol and drug limit when working, (prescription drugs have to be declared)

  • Marty Fox

    Member
    19 January 2022 at 12:47 pm

    Hi Stephen

    Our D&A policy has a limit of <100 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. The reasoning is that the legal limit of 250 can for certain people mean they are actually impaired (body weight, meal or not, fitness etc), so we believed it was too high based on risks exposed to in their roles. Conversely, a zero limit wasn’t reasonable based on normal social practices e.g. staff having a drink with dinner etc.

    A bit of background…I worked on the D&A policy for Police about 5 years ago, and the issue of on call/standby was a significant issue e.g. one and two person stations, specialist groups on constant call. We applied the same reasoning, and I think landed on either 100 or 150. Brian Ballantyne was part of this working group at the time as well.

    Marty

  • Bill Doig

    Member
    20 January 2022 at 6:10 am

    Less than <100mcg/l of breath. If your at work or on call, alcohol shall not to be consumed. This applies to office staff too.

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