The Problem of Alcoholism in Industry

Abstract

The provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 are, at least in general terms, likely to raise the status of health and safety as a subject area for joint discussion and decision making in the years to come. In the immediate short term the emphasis is likely to be on trying to bring about a reduction in industrial accidents, but beyond this stage attention is likely to be increasingly given to trying to cope with the effects of heretofore undetected or unknown exposure to toxic substancies at the workplace. Indeed there are already some signs of union‐management activity along these lines; the agreement to ban toluene diisocyanate (TDI) at Metal Box in printing industry being a notable example in this regard.

Citation

Beaumont, P.B. (1981), "The Problem of Alcoholism in Industry", Employee Relations, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054979