Wine Seminars for Employees
MEssig
16 Posts
Our wine buyer is considering conducting wine seminars for employees. We will follow convential wine tasting etiquette (i.e., employees will be "sampling" not swallowing wine samples) and we are concerned that this activity may be regulated in some way that we have not anticipated. Any ideas or concerns, I would love to hear from you. Please reply to [email]marieessig@northcoastco-op.com[/email].
Comments
1. Will the tasting class be required. If so, employees must be paid.
2. What if an employee cannot drink because of being a recovering alcoholic or other medical reason? Will that employee be excused?
3. Will the employer certify that all participating employees are of legal age?
4. What will the employer do to provide transporation, etc. Please note that many people can be impaired even from just a small amount of alcohol. If an employee driving home after the wine tasting was in an accident, the employer would surely get sued.
Good Luck!
Brad Forrister
Director of Publishing
M. Lee Smith Publishers