Many of us are familiar with the feeling – you were at a “do” the night before and have come in the next day still suffering the after effects; possibly late or too hungover to function at your peak.
But when this sort of thing becomes a frequent occurrence and risks tipping over into possible addiction, and the employee in question is a teacher, how should the school approach this?
With the safety of students paramount and the reputation of the school potentially at risk, steps must be taken to find a solution. In years gone by, dismissal would have been the obvious end point.
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