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Alcohol Safe Workplace UK - Interview with founder of Choose Sunrise: Janet Hadley
Manage episode 376710881 series 2928384
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
Help us reach 1,000 LinkedIn followers on the Sober Positive Workplace Showcase Page:
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/sober-positive-workplace/?viewAsMember=true
To stay up-to-date on our Mini Music Therapy Sessions please subscribe to our YouTube channel:
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If you have questions, or comments or would like to be a guest on the show, send an email to:
info@showupandstay.org
More information about our project is available at:
https://www.showupandstay.org/
https://www.soberpositiveworkplace.org/
For podcast updates follow us on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/showupandstayorg/
Music Created and Produced by Katie Hare.
https://www.hare.works
54 episodes
Manage episode 376710881 series 2928384
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
Help us reach 1,000 LinkedIn followers on the Sober Positive Workplace Showcase Page:
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/sober-positive-workplace/?viewAsMember=true
To stay up-to-date on our Mini Music Therapy Sessions please subscribe to our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBlfJpgP6KPlNoyN928vFkg
If you have questions, or comments or would like to be a guest on the show, send an email to:
info@showupandstay.org
More information about our project is available at:
https://www.showupandstay.org/
https://www.soberpositiveworkplace.org/
For podcast updates follow us on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/showupandstayorg/
Music Created and Produced by Katie Hare.
https://www.hare.works
54 episodes
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