Handling Alcohol and Drug Addictions in the Workplace as per FMLA/ADA - Legal Risk and Court Interpretations

This important HR webinar will cover how to handle drug addictions and alcohol abuse at workplace. What are their interaction with FMLA & ADA alongwith the updated illegal drugs interpretations.

Why Should You Attend:

Every employer - large or small - eventually has to deal with an employee who has an alcohol or drug addiction. The costs to the employer are extensive - and not just in direct health care costs. Employees with addictions have absenteeism issues, production issues, and are more likely to have a work related injury. It is unfortunate when an employer has not had the foresight to have a solid drug and alcohol policy in place prior to facing with an actual issue. Without these policies, employees do not know what to expect, and employers wonder what they can legally do and what they should do as a practical matter.

This webinar will walk you through legal issues associated with addictions and how to write a strong drug and alcohol policy.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Understanding addictions and why they happen even to “good” people.
• Signs that an employee may be suffering from addition.
• What underlying medical conditions can lead to addiction?
• How to handle an employee who arrives at work under the influence.
• Legal risks for allowing those under the influence to drive home.
• What obligations, if any, do you have under the ADA with regard to alcoholism?
• When the ADA’s safe harbor provision is applicable?
• How are courts interpreting “currently using illegal drugs”?
• The difference between the FMLA and the ADA when dealing with addictions.
• What your drug testing policies should include.
• Restrictions that might be placed on random drug testing.
• What is “reasonable suspicion” drug testing?
• How to use last chance agreements effectively.
• What Obamacare says about health insurance coverage for addiction health care.

Who Will Benefit:

• Human Resources
• Employee Benefit
• Labor Laws personnel
• Compliance Executives
• In-house Counsel
• Employment Laws Executives