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Taxes on alcoholic beverages should be increased to address a “productivity crisis” caused by an entrenched workplace drinking culture, a think tank has said.
Nearly one in three workers overall admitted they had called in sick after drinking at work events in the past year, while 43% of 18 to 24-year-olds said they had done so, a survey by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found.
In further evidence that Gen Z employees are disproportionately affected by workplace alcohol harm, the report said more than a third of young people sa
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