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Protecting Your Company With Employment Drug Tests
Even with employment background checks, you can never be sure whom you may be hiring or retaining if you do not take checks one step further by conducting employment drug tests on potential and current employees. Here are some reasons why employment drug tests protect your company.
Consider this scenario: your local Humane Society conducts criminal background checks but does not think it necessary to conduct drug testing as well. You may not think that drug testing is relevant to an animal shelter's daily ins and outs, but consider this: pentobarbital is routinely used for the euthanasia of dogs and cats in shelter situations. It is a barbiturate and, when administered in small doses, causes drug-induced euphoria in people.
Addicts who know that drug testing is not a part of the Humane Society's regular practice may take advantage of this knowledge by fudging pentobarbital records and procuring this powerful drug for themselves or others. The animal shelter could protect itself from this problem by ensuring that no drug users are working in the facility through routine and regular testing. Beyond the criminal aspect, those who are impaired on the job have no business caring for innocent animals or dealing with the public.
Here are 3 excellent reasons why employment drug testing protects all companies:
1. It reduces the risks of accidents
There is no doubt that drug impairment can cause serious accidents and imperil both the user and his coworkers in a broad range of work contexts: where there is heavy machinery; where people's lives are being saved; where there are hazardous substances; where an emergency may occur. Conducting pre-hire and ongoing drug testing ensures that workers are performing tasks at normal or optimum physical levels.
2. It increases productivity
This is stating the obvious, but a drug-addled workforce will never be as productive on the job as a clean one. Even one or two users can disrupt the cogs of a humming workplace machine, decreasing productivity and hence a company's bottom line.
3. It saves on a company's health care and workers' compensation premiums
All health care companies look favorably on a business that conducts drug testing because it shows that the business is serious about keeping claims down and employing only the cleanest individuals possible. Conducting regular testing increases the chances of obtaining lower premiums on all kinds of insurance and benefits, and that saves money.
You have a right to know the kind of person you are considering hiring and have a responsibility to ensure that your current employees are in compliance with your no-drug policy: protect yourself by conducting pre-hire and ongoing employment drug testing.
About the Author Compliance Safety Systems (http://www.compliancesafetysystems.com/)is dedicated to providing customers the latest in safety technology as well as the most effective and professional customer service available. Art Gib is a freelance writer.
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