If you are looking for a comprehensive drug and alcohol policy for your workplace, school or college, you are in the right place.
Having a robust drug and alcohol policy is a must for modern companies to help comply with increasingly demanding health and safety requirements.
With over half of all road and industrial fatalities involving drugs, alcohol or both, it is increasingly common for companies to manage this risk through drug and alcohol policy development. Something so important cannot be left to chance. A recent study of 8000 young motorists conducted by the motoring magazine, Auto Trader, showed that over 40% of young drivers felt fine to drive after using illegal drugs.
According to BRAKE, the road safety charity, Drug-driving prosecutions almost doubled in 2018, and more than 40% of drivers screened for drugs (during December 2017) were found to be impaired.
It’s therefore no wonder that the number of fatal crashes involving drivers impaired by drugs or medicines are increasing.
Having suitable policies and procedures ensures your organisation is putting out the right message and reinforcing a deterrent, in order to keep your site safe. We have seen client positivity rates drop from 60% to 2-5% in just a few short months. So this process works – it just needs to be well communicated and periodically visible to staff.
Our policy development specialists have upwards of 20 years’ experience in delivering drug policies for organisations across all industry sectors, along with policy development for schools and colleges.
Let us take away the headache and hard work by providing you with a bespoke policy, tailored exactly to your requirements.
The process involves a brief telephone consultation, where we assess requirements and preferences, then a week or so to provide your draft policy document. Further revisions within a 3 month period are completely free of charge.
If you prefer to be a little more hands on, you may prefer us to conduct a drug and alcohol policy development workshop, where your senior management can be guided through the process of developing a robust policy.
How a Drug & Alcohol Policy can help your organization financially…
- Alcohol is estimated to cause up to 5% of all absences from work.
- Up to 14 million working days are lost each year through alcohol misuse alone.
- Drugs and/or alcohol are estimated to be a contributory factor in nearly 25% of all workplace accidents.
- Alcohol is implicated in nearly 60% of UK workplace fatalities.
- Substance misuse is likely to result in reduced company performance and a decline in profitability.
- Substance abuse issues lead to a reduction in internal morale and customer confidence.
- Having a drugs and alcohol policyin place reduces the likelihood of accidents at work due to alcohol and drug abuse.
- Firms without an alcohol and drug policytend to have a higher staff turnover.
- It has been calculated that a substance abuser costs their employer in excess of £8000 per annum.
- Substance misuse can lead to poor customer and public perception as a result of bad publicity and tarnished reputation.
- Higher risk = Higher insurance premiums or lower cover availability. A robust drug & alcohol policy reduces risk.
A Drug & Alcohol Policy leads to a healthier and safer workforce…
- Fewer accidents or incidents.
- Lower absenteeism due to active substance misuse and the after-effects of substance misuse.
- A better trained and educated workforce, encouraging individual responsibility.
- Protection against wrongful dismissals and tribunal cases, as informed and legally defensible actions can then be taken.
- Higher productivity and efficiency.
- Increased employee morale and enhanced customer confidence.
- Access to new markets where a robust and active D&A policy is a pre-requisite for entry.
- Lower associated occupational health/ health care costs.
Let us we take care of the hard work for you. Our bespoke policies are tailored to your exact requirements, ensuring a perfect fit. We’ll look after the technicalities while you focus on what you do best.