Quebec Trucking Company Ordered to Reinstate Driver Fired for Drinking and Driving

Quebec Trucking Company Ordered to Reinstate Driver Fired for Drinking and Driving
The Quebec flag flies on top of the legislature in Quebec City, Jan. 18, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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A Quebec trucking company has been ordered to reinstate a driver who was fired after she drank at least nine beers before she lost control of her truck on a Pennsylvania highway.
The driver’s actions amounted to serious misconduct, but her drinking was the result of a disability—alcoholism—and trucking company Groupe Robert should have made a reasonable accommodation for her, labour arbitrator Huguette April said in her written July 18 decision.