The company I work for only test in the safety critical roles, likewise we
only test hearing in people working in noisy areas. The only tests our
sedentary office workers get is vision for VDU users.
Roberta
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From: Lesley Bamford
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 3:19 PM
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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] To test or not to test?
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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