Alcohol Safe Workplace UK - Interview with founder of Choose Sunrise: Janet Hadley

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Host, DeAnn Knighton, and Janet Hadley, founder of Choose Sunrise (UK organization), review considerations for employers in building alcohol safety into their organizations

Stigma and workplace. 7:37

• Reaching out to the gray area drinkers in the workplace
• Stigma is a result of our evolution to put people into groups, which is useful, but creates blind spots for gray areas.
• "Drink Responsibly" is a powerful slogan that enforces stigma

Who has a bigger problem with alcohol? 13:22

• Alcohol is the number one risk factor for premature death of individuals ages 25 to 49, according to the US and the UK.
  • The UK and the US are both above the global average of 4.9% for prevalence of alcohol use disorder
  • In the UK Alcohol use disorder is not specifically called out in the discrimination act, but it is not a protected characteristic in the same way that depression is.
  • The Americans with disabilities act ensures that people with disabilities, including people with addiction to alcohol, have the same rights and opportunities. Link: https://adata.org/factsheet/ada-addiction-recovery-and-employment
• Alcohol Safe Workplace Accreditation (UK) 24:40
  • The accreditation standards cover policy, culture, education, and support for individuals.
  • 40% of all workplace accidents are alcohol-related, and 50% of sexual harassment claims in the workplace involve alcohol.
  • The head of Lloyd's of London is a big insurance underwriter in London and has recently banned all daytime workplace drinking, which is a huge indication of how things are changing and culturally saying that this isn't inclusive.
• Setting up a sober curious society. 30:11
  • Janet started a sober curious society while working at the Co-op in her corporate job.
  • The importance of engaging people from the community to be a part of the organization and being out loud about who they are.

Janet Hadley - Link
https://choosesunrise.co.uk

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