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Employee Assistance Report
Volume 6, No. 4
April 2003
"The Impact of an Addicted Person on Employers and
Co-workers"
By Bruce Cotter

The concessions and anxieties co-workers must endure to work side-by-side with an alcoholic are endless. Alcoholics will lose business and cost the company profits, they can cause resentments among employees that lessen productivity, hurt morale and may cause the departure of valued employees. Their behavior may embarrass or compromise the company. They may have excessive medical claims that result in increased insurance premiums and they may well cost a boss or two their jobs because of a departments' perceived inefficiency.

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