Employee Drug Abuse & Employee Drug Testing Kits

Employee Drug Testing Programs & Drug Treatment

Employee drug testing is unfortunately one of the most controversial and troublesome issues facing American employers. Rising employee turnover, absenteeism, tardiness, on-the-job accidents, health benefit utilization and costs, workers compensation claims, inventory shrinkage and employee theft, lowered productivity, and workplace violence are problems directly attributable to substance abuse. Employer concern and action are equally warranted these problems cost to the U.S. workplace well over $110 billion each and every year.

To address the illicit drug problem, employers in the U.S. have implemented substance abuse policies and instituted drug and alcohol testing programs to screen out substance-abusing applicants and to detect substance abusers on the job. Employee drug testing programs help protect the health and safety of all employees, and mitigate the costs associated with having drug abusers on the payroll. They provide early identification, and the ability to refer employees with substance abuse problems for treatment. The integration of drug screening procedures with appropriate drug education and treatment programs is proving not only to be an effective way of managing substance abuse, but also a valuable tool in achieving positive employee relations, delivering significant cost savings, and providing corporations with a competitive advantage.

The Americans With Disabilities Act allows employers to conduct testing for substance abuse or the use of illegal drugs, and some states provide voluntary or legislated guidelines for drug and alcohol testing. Regulations in most states deny unemployment and/or workers compensation benefits for employees that test positive for illicit drug use. And, most workers compensation insurers allow insurance premium discounts for corporations that have instituted employee drug testing programs.

Additional items to consider relative to employee drug testing:

• The federal Drug-Free Workplace Act requires federal government contractors and grantees to certify that they are providing a drug-free workplace. The Act applies to all contracts or grants that equal or exceed $25,000.
• If you do not test, you may find yourself flooded with applications of workers who were afraid to apply for jobs elsewhere because of other employers’ use of pre-employment testing.
• The majority of current employees generally do not object to the screening of applicants or employees.
• Many employers test all employees on a random basis, and all applicants, while some employers limit testing to those employees whose drug use may endanger themselves, co-workers, or the general public, or for instances of “reasonable suspicion”, “ return-to-duty”, or “post-accident”. NOTE: Limiting testing only to employees with previous drug-related convictions or to those within certain geographic or demographic categories may be contrary to federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws prohibiting arbitrary treatment of persons within protected classes.

Source: Avitarinc.com

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