Whilst there is not a current statutory requirement upon employers to test their workforce for alcohol there is a growing commercial and legal need to do so. Major buyers are making it a procurement requirement that contractors have drug and alcohol testing procedures in place. The implementation of such procedures can provide for a better defence in the face of a workplace accident happening where intoxication was a contributing factor.
If you are an employer seeking to reduce the impact of drugs and alcohol in the workplace you need to
ask yourself the following questions.
- What sort of testing does your company need – is it for cause, follow up contractual or random?
- Do you have a written workplace drug testing policy that specifies how your drug testing will be
- conducted?
- Can you prove to employees that they were not targeted for drug testing?
- Are you sure that your procedures are legally defensible?
- Are you compliant with local laws and regulations?
- Do you have a tamper proof audit trail?
We can arrange for experts in drug and alcohol testing to meet with you to advise, inform and, if necessary, devise the procedure and provide the contractual policies and equipment that you need.
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