A Spanish court has ruled that the company was wrong to fire an electrician who allegedly drank more than three liters of beer in one day because it could not prove that he was under the influence of alcohol, intoxicated or drunk. work, reports The Guardian.

A high court in the southeastern region of Murcia found that the electricity company did not provide sufficient reasons for firing the man and ordered it to reinstate the fired worker or pay him 47,000 euros in compensation.

The court also found that the company did not take into account the effect of the hot summer in Murcia on the man’s alcohol consumption.

The man, who had worked for the company for 27 years, was fired in September 2021 after a private investigator hired by the company followed him for several days in July of that year and found that he had repeatedly consumed alcohol during the program and in significant quantities . , which exceeds 3 liters of beer in one day.

However, the court found the company’s actions unfounded.

“At no time did the private investigator mention signs of intoxication or clumsiness in walking,” she said in her ruling, The Guardian reports.