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Lack of objective testing makes "drunk driver" dismissal unfair
A trucking company might have had grounds for summarily dismissing a driver if it had had blood alcohol content testing equipment on site, but it failed procedural fairness requirements when it sacked him based on its observations of his condition, Fair Work Australia has found.
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