Drunk at work in Peru is Legal?

Been flicking through some Peruvian newspapers this morning and a story got my attention.

Carlos Mesía, the vice-president of the Constitutional Court of Peru, defended the verdict they recently gave out indicating that arriving in a state of drunkenness to work is not cause for immediate dismissal though it is a serious fault that should be punishable.

This verdict was decided after the lawsuit presented by Pablo Cayo Mendoza against the Chorrillos City Council who he used to be a street cleaner for.

According to the Court… “In this case, the city council employee arrived smelling of alcohol and he is a simple worker, not a manager, nor in the mayor’s office, just a simple street cleaner so there’s no problem with that. It is unreasonable to fire an employee for coming to work in a state of drunkenness if that person at no moment commit an act of violence, insult or lack of respect both verbally or written against the employer, their bosses o other workers.

Then the court said that this was a one off case that doesn’t set a precedent?????
Source: El Comercio – a Peruvian newspaper (in Spanish)

Basically it comes down to letting you get drunk but don’t be a big &%$*! (bleep) to your co-workers. Great, so where’s my bottle of Peruvian Pisco!!!

With all this hype in Peru, I wonder how easy it will be for Pablo Cayo Mendoza to get another job.