Drug and Alcohol Testing Guide
Breathalysers and drugs checks: Why you need our workplace drug and alcohol testing guide for safety critical roles, now.
Do you know your legal responsibility?
Under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, you could be prosecuted for failing to assess risks. When it comes to the impact of drugs and alcohol in the work environment, an employer can be held liable for an employee's wrongful acts if there is a "sufficiently close connection" between the employee's actions and their employment. This means employers may be liable if an employee drives or causes an accident while operating machinery under the influence of drink or drugs.
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Prevent serious reputational damage
Let’s face it, any prosecution of staff who were under the influence of drugs or alcohol while working for you is going to make your business appear negligent. Testing your workforce regularly with breathalysers and/or drugs checks could be protecting your reputation as well as their safety.
Driving under the influence: Be ready for changes in the law.
People often struggle to understand the current English 35 mg/100mlbreath drink/drive limit. Just sticking to one or two drinks does not necessarily work, due to the alcohol levels found in blood being dependent upon variable factors i.e. weight, gender, health or even stress levels. In Scotland, blood/alcohol limits were reduced some years ago to an amount which meant that drinking even one unit could result in a positive breath test with a roadside breathalyser. This has slashed their levels of drink driving, and so the government are likely to be introducing the same limits to England soon. At the same time, new laws will also allow more roadside drugs testing.
Workplace Wellness with drug and alcohol testing
A drugs and alcohol workplace testing programme will have wider benefits than you think. Enacted correctly, a clear drugs and alcohol policy and testing regime may well lead to a happier and more productive workplace, where people are more invested and confident in their safety.
What you will get from the Drug and Alcohol Testing Guide, from Anchor Safety:
- Find out more about how you can implement an employee drug and alcohol testing programme
- Understand what is needed from an occupational drug and alcohol policy.
- Learn how a workplace drug and alcohol testing policy can benefit your business across the board.
- Understand workplace breathalysers, onsite drugs screening and how and when to implement worksite drugs and alcohol testing.