Many of us are drinking more at home, but how is it affecting your workplace?
The number of people drinking at high-risk levels has almost doubled since before lockdown. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) “An estimated 8.4 million people drinking high-risk amounts of alcohol in June, compared to 4.8 million people four months earlier”. So now is as good a time as any to consider your approach to alcohol misuse in the workplace. Although alcohol dependency in itself is not considered to be a disability under the Equality Act 2010, physical and