Life, liberty, and the pursuit of a good beer: how the ADA has turned alcoholism into a right. (Americans with Disabilities Act)(excerpt from 'The Excuse Factory')

From: Washington Monthly | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Olson, Walter K. | Copyright information

The Americans with Disabilities Act protects the jobs of alcoholics who are undergoing rehabilitation. Alcohol-related misconduct is difficult to prove, and most employers cannot consider misconduct that occurs away from the job when evaluating employee performance.

On March 9, 1990, Northwest pilot Norman Lyle Prouse saw, as he later put it, "the end of my career ahead of me." The previous evening, an anonymous tipster had called the local Federal Aviation Administration office...

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