Why a Substance Abuse Screening Policy

Friday, February 13, 2009

Terry Box, 1 Medical Distribution Inc., http://www.substanceabusescreening.info

Safety
Employee drug testing is not about invading employee privacy, it's about maintaining health and safety standards within the workplace. Drug use impairs a person's ability to function in their everyday life. Even if the use of drugs is restricted to outside working hours the effects are long lasting. Employee drug testing programs are able to identity safety risks and eliminate them. This benefits the company as a whole as well as the employees.

Quality of Work
Employers have a right to decide on the type of people they want to hire. Employee drug testing programs ensure the quality of work is not effected by substance abuse. Overall, drug testing programs raise the quality of work by simply eliminating employees that use drugs and are therefore contributing less to the company.

Reduced Health Insurance Costs
Employee drug testing programs effectively clean up the work place in terms of identifying users. This can greatly reduce health insurance premiums and health care costs for the company. By reducing the amount of medical costs related to work accidents and drug related illness, the company significantly reduces overall costs.

Reduced Turnover
Employee drug testing helps reduce turnover. Pre-employment screening will allow you to avoid hiring drug users. This can considerably influence the turnover rate within your organization. Pre-employment testing is essentially about mitigating the risk of the hiring process. Reduced turnover will lead to lower hiring and training costs

Reduced Absenteeism
Employee drug testing has proven useful in reducing absenteeism within the workplace. Many studies have pointed to a reduction of 30% or more in absenteeism for organizations that drug screen.

Reduced Work Related Accidents
Accidents can and will happen it's just the law of nature, but accidents are more likely when there are drugs involved. Employee testing programs act as a deterrent to drug use. Often if an accident occurs in the workplace a drug test is performed immediately. This ensures that if drug use is a factor the employee will be dealt with immediately before any more damage is done.

More Productive Employees
Productivity is paramount to success in any workplace. If you can increase efficiency then you are more likely to meet company goals and maintain a high level of development. Drug user can reduce productivity.

Reduced Workers Compensation Rates
Many studies have proven that workers compensation rates are lower in companies that institute pre-employment and random drug screening programs.

Reduction of Employee Theft
There has been a proven reduction in employee theft for companies with drug screening programs. In addition, it gives your employees a safer environment.

Feel free to email us at terry@substanceabusescreening.info, call us at 866-391-6609, visit our website at www.1mdllc.com with any further questions, otherwise we will be in touch shortly.

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