Virginia Lopez Bello, a labor lawyer known on social media as @tuabogadalaboralista, has answered a question many employees and business owners ask in a TikTok video: whether it’s possible to fire someone who shows up drunk at work. You can get fired if you go to work drunk. The quick response: yes,» he answers. But he quickly adds: «If the company makes a mistake, that termination can be declared completely null and void and require them to reinstate with compensation.» To explain it, the lawyer suggests that the viewer imagine «a logistics courier with eight years at the company who one day has a strong smell of alcohol and stumbling speech detected by their supervisor.» De ahí en adelante, los eventos ocurren rápidamente. «They give them a test.» «He recibido una carta de despido disciplinario de inmediato después de ser encontrado ebrio en el lugar de trabajo», explica. «Seems like a very clear dismissal», recognizes López Bello.
Virginia Lopez Bello, a labor lawyer known on social media as @tuabogadalaboralista, has answered a question many employees and business owners ask in a TikTok video: whether it’s possible to fire someone who shows up drunk at work. You can get fired if you go to work drunk. The quick response: yes,» he answers. But he quickly adds: «If the company makes a mistake, that termination can be declared completely null and void and require them to reinstate with compensation.» To explain it, the lawyer suggests that the viewer imagine «a logistics courier with eight years at the company who one day has a strong smell of alcohol and stumbling speech detected by their supervisor.» De ahí en adelante, los eventos ocurren rápidamente. «They give them a test.» «He recibido una carta de despido disciplinario de inmediato después de ser encontrado ebrio en el lugar de trabajo», explica. «Seems like a very clear dismissal», recognizes López Bello.
