Hi All,
I know that this is an old chestnut and I really apologise if this has been covered before but I have spent ages looking at the archives and other resources but can't quite find what I am looking for, so I wondered if you would mind sharing your views to help me focus.
I have been asked to contribute to a document to be presented to the directors regarding introducing drug and alcohol policy,testing, pros and cons, costs etc.
Can you effectively have a policy and process that will raise awareness and help managers colleagues/recognise abuse and then if the individual admits to it offer support and advice rather than an education programme and subsequent testing to acertain use? What I really want to know is will this be enough? What will happen if the individual will not admit and you do not have a policy that supports for cause testing?
There are some roles in the comapany that are safety critical and lots of drivers but also there are lots of office and sedentary workers. Do you have to have a policy that treats everyone equally or can you specify testing for safety critical roles only (backed up by risk assesment)? There has never been an incident regarding drugs in the workplace but there have been several alcohol related issues.
I am going to recommend a steering group to properly work this one out but as I can already guess who will be asked to do all the testing (if that is the chosen route) and document writing (I am a lone worker) I really want to go into this informed and confident (or at least looking that way!!!)
Many thanks in advance
Lesley
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