An interview with the company revealed that at the Hyogo Prefecture branch of Japan Post Group's logistics company JP Logistics, six employees, including drivers, were fraudulently forcing another employee to take a pre-work alcohol test. I did.
All six people had been drinking alcohol the day before, so the company suspended 10 people from work, including the employee who responded to the request.
A total of six employees, ranging in age from their 20s to their 60s, worked as delivery drivers at a branch of JP Logistics in Ono City, Hyogo Prefecture, who rigged the alcohol tests.
According to the company, they received information about fraud last year and conducted an internal investigation, which revealed that six employees had other employees take pre-work alcohol tests on their behalf.
The device used for the test is equipped with a camera to prevent spoofing, and the person's face is displayed on the screen when the device is blown into the device.
However, while their faces were shown on the screen, the six people asked another employee to blow into them using a long tube to prevent their faces from appearing on the screen.
All six people had been drinking the day before, and they told an internal investigation, ``I was worried that there was no alcohol left.'' I've done this several times before.''
As a result, as of last month, the company had suspended 10 people from work for 14 days, including those who responded to the request.
In response to this incident, the company conducted an investigation of its branches across the country, but no other fraud was confirmed.
In response to an interview with NHK, JP Logistics said, ``While we consider safety to be an important management issue, we have neglected our basic obligations as a freight forwarding company.'' This is extremely regrettable.We will take thorough measures to prevent it from happening again and will reform the mindset of the entire company."