I think that only applies to anyone handling machinery
or something that risks your safety or others, doesn't it?

I mean, a bus driver probably shouldn't have a few pints at lunchtime, but I dare say someone in HR probably needs it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 27 Apr 2011, 14:35, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

You're like an accuracy-ometer
I can do my job entirely at my own pace and am capable of managing my workload to accomodate booze. And I walk home.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 27 Apr 2011, 14:37, Reply)

No, I'm on my PC and can't do it for HSE
as I could design something wrong or choose the wrong vendor, and make things explode.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 27 Apr 2011, 15:00, Reply)

If your company put it in your contract T&Cs then, sure
but I'm pretty sure there is nothing in the health and safety at work act that expressly forbids it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 27 Apr 2011, 15:12, Reply)