Union "Victory": Chrysler Reinstates 13 Workers Fired for Drinking on the Job

Doug4749 is correct (below). One way the employer can protect themselves from this type of employe is to put them in a job which is extremely boring, or even to go so far as they do in New York with teachers that they can't fire -- put them in a room without any books, TV, radio, anything for 8 hours a day. The employee continues to get paid, but the hope is that they eventually decide it's not worth it. At least, they wouldn't be performing badly on the job, such as they could in building cars.