This training program will discuss the impact of substance abuse at work in the US, drug testing processes and employee rights, and confronting substance abusing employees. The course will also present treatment options such as EAPs, SAPs, and twelve-step programs.
Substance abuse in the workplace has become much more secretive, especially as employees evolve away from illegal drugs and more toward prescription pain narcotics. If your organization employs safety-sensitive employees, you need to know the legally-mandated requirements for how and when to test them.
This session will discuss the new realities of 'reasonable suspicion' or 'for-cause testing;' medical marijuana concerns; the testing and returns to work process; and how to have that crucial conversation with employees suspected of being impaired at work.
Why Should You Attend:
In these stressful and uncertain times, it's no surprise more and more employees are abusing alcohol, illegal drugs, medical marijuana, and pain medicine prescriptions. What starts out at home often crosses over to the workplace.Substance abuse in the workplace has become much more secretive, especially as employees evolve away from illegal drugs and more toward prescription pain narcotics. If your organization employs safety-sensitive employees, you need to know the legally-mandated requirements for how and when to test them.
This session will discuss the new realities of 'reasonable suspicion' or 'for-cause testing;' medical marijuana concerns; the testing and returns to work process; and how to have that crucial conversation with employees suspected of being impaired at work.
Learning Objectives:
- Truth About Employee Drug and Alcohol Use
- The Workplace Substance Abuse Prevention Equation
- Defining Our Terms
- Drug Impacts on the Body
- Substance Abuse Stages
- Recognizing Performance and Behavioral Changes at Work
- The Supervisor’s Care-fronting Conversation
- The For-Cause or Reasonable Suspicion Testing Process
- Employees and Medical Marijuana Cards
- S.H.O.C.A.D.I.Ds: Stimulants, Hallucinogens, Opiates, Cannabis, Alcohol, Depressants, Inhalants, Dissociative Anesthetics
- Examples, Ingestion, Effects, Symptoms, Chronic Use
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- The Impact of Substance Abuse at Work in the US
- Drug Testing Processes and Employee Rights
- Confronting the Substance Abusing Employee
- Safety Sensitive Employee Rights, Responsibilities, and Testing
- The Impact of Opiate Drug Use on Employee Behavior and Performance
- Treatment Options: EAPs, SAPs, and Twelve-Step Programs
- Managing an Employee’s Return to Work after Treatment
Who Will Benefit:
- Supervisors
- Managers
- Department directors
- All safety-sensitive employees, managers, or supervisors
- HR directors
- HR managers
- Safety directors
- Safety managers
Course Provider
Steve Albrecht,
