ProActive Drug Testing in the Workplace
Sun, 11/09/2008 - 02:16 — ProActive Healt...Drug testing in the workplace is often mandatory, especially if there is heavy machinery or any machinery to operate. A corporation owner has the legal right to ensure that all employees are safe under the health and safety regulations the government has outlined in the UK. A failure to assure employee safety within the regulations can terminate a business license. Even if this drastic measure is not used there are other consequences of not having drug testing in the workplace or other health and safety regulations stated in policies and on posters for employees to read.
A failure to follow regulations for drug testing in the workplace could result in a fine. It can also result in hefty fees being paid to the insurance companies regarding claims. Worker’s compensation claims do not ask for drug testing in the workplace, but it behoves a business owner and therefore staff to ensure it is in place. A compensation claim as a result of an accident can cost the company a great deal of money. If it is a false claim this is even worse. A false claim would be a claim in which drug or alcohol abuse caused the accident or no injury or accident occurred.
Drug testing in the workplace can insure that all insurance claims filed are appropriate and not a result of drug or alcohol abuse. ProActive Health and Safety Consultancy has a drug testing in the workplace service they offer. It is a consultant business, which means you don’t have to have a full time staff member to do the drug testing in the workplace. ProActive is also an on call service. Any time an accident occurs day or night the health and safety consultant can come to your place of business to do the drug testing in the workplace.
