Employers Discriminate against Recovering Addicts, Alcoholics, Study Finds.
By Michael Kinsman, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 1-- A compelling new study shows the emergence of a previously undefined type of workplace discrimination.
The survey, by the Hazelden Foundation in Minneapolis, reports that one in four human resources professionals admit that their companies are less likely to hire a job candidate if that person is in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction.
"The stigma of alcohol and drug addiction is alive and well," says Cheryl Lowe, employee relations manager for Ha
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