Bring Mobile Drug Testing To Your Location To Save Time And Money And Your Business
It is important for businesses to promote drug free work environments. One way to do this is by incorporating substance tests into your business practices. Although this can be expensive, there are strategies you can use to bring mobile drug testing to your location to save time and money.
You may suspect employees who are often absent or tardy of using drugs. On-site tests can be used to immediately test these employees. This may be necessary to prevent an employee you suspect has a substance abuse problem from becoming involved in a workplace accident.
Impaired employees are more likely to be involved in workplace accidents. Accidents are costly to the business in several ways. You may be financially responsible for damage caused by employees. If the accident involves people or property outside of the company, you can be sued by the injured parties. Combined, workplace accidents and their aftermath can cost you time and money.
On-site tests provide significant costs savings. When you send an employee to be tested, you still have to pay them wages during this time. It can take hours for an employee to be tested at an off-site facility. These services take less than thirty minutes. Importantly, employees can stay at the site of the accident to be tested. You know exactly where the employee is and what he is doing.
On-site tests can help you build a defense against a worker’s compensation claim. Employees injured on the job can file a claim to help cover medical expenses and lost wages due to inability to work. If the employee was impaired as a result of using drugs at the time of the accident, you can deny the claim.
Using on-site tests can reduce expenses related to business insurance. When accidents occur, your insurance premiums can increase. You can randomly test employees to determine if anyone is using drugs. If an employee tests positive, you can immediately stop him from working which eliminates his potential involvement in an accident. Further disciplinary action will be required and may include termination from employment.
The minute an employee uses drugs he becomes impaired. He can place himself or others in harm’s way. Significantly, he is unable to fulfill his responsibilities as an employee. Other employees may need to complete his work to keep projects on track. This reduces productivity and lowers morale of the workforce. Conducting random tests address these issues.
Incorporating these tests into an already established substance-free workplace program is simple. You can add it to the policy and notify employees of the change. Employees may have questions which can be addressed in training sessions. Including incentives for negative tests encourage employees to live without drugs.
Multiple strategies exist for you to bring mobile drug testing to your location to save time and money. If you do, this will create a working environment conducive for high performing employees. The overall productivity and revenue will increase when you address substance use in the workplace.
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