Youve not explained WHY the blame is apportioned to the company. ........
At the end of the day its the person that chooses to break the law and put lives at risk. When i go out in london i get a taxi home from the station. If i drive, youre saying its the companies fault? I dont get it.
Yes I have. It’s WH&S.
You supply alcohol in your workplace, you have to ensure safety around that.
BTW - with regards to DD, I’m not saying the company is responsible for you getting pulled over and DQ’d and fined. You’d be on your own. I’m talking about if you were to say, cause an accident or run over someone because you were over the limit. The company would also be blamed and would have to defend themselves. They may be up for payment of damages etc.
And what I am saying is if you drink at a company function you have to be given a method of getting home safely. The company has to supply that and do what they can to see you adhere to it.
If you ignore it, lie, and simply duck round the corner and drive home, not much they can do. And that would clear them in a court case I’d imagine.
I think it’s seen in the same way anything else in the workplace is viewed. They can’t provide machinery and simply say “use it correctly or it’s your fault if you get injured”. They’ve got to put every safety feature in there and ensure you adhere.
I know it’s WH&S to the nth degree, but there you go.
With regards your comment about the pubs. In this country we also have “Responsible supply of alcohol” laws. It’s a lot different, I’m not comparing. But q If any place serving alcohol continues to ply someone with booze when they are obviously well over the top, there can be repercussions. It doesn’t actually get used much, and it definitely wouldn’t be an offence just because someone drove when over the 0.05 limit. But the law is there.
If, for example, someone simply drank themselves stupid, then walked out and stepped in front of a car, that bar might have some serious questions to answer if they just kept on supplying booze.
Lawyers are expensive things.