FACT: 77% of all drug-users are EMPLOYED!  Keep YOUR company drug-free!  Call 1-800-456-4647 x205 TODAY and we will establish a Drug-Free Workplace for YOUR company by tomorrow!  FACT: 77% of all drug-users are EMPLOYED!  Keep YOUR company drug-free!  Call 1-800-456-4647 x205 TODAY and we will establish a Drug-Free Workplace for YOUR company by tomorrow!  FACT: 77% of all drug-users are EMPLOYED!  Keep YOUR company drug-free!  Call 1-800-456-4647 x205 TODAY and we will establish a Drug-Free Workplace for YOUR company by tomorrow!  FACT: 77% of all drug-users are EMPLOYED!  Keep YOUR company drug-free!  Call 1-800-456-4647 x205 TODAY and we will establish a Drug-Free Workplace for YOUR company by tomorrow!  FACT: 77% of all drug-users are EMPLOYED!  Keep YOUR company drug-free!  Call 1-800-456-4647 x205 TODAY and we will establish a Drug-Free Workplace for YOUR company by tomorrow!  FACT: 77% of all drug-users are EMPLOYED!  Keep YOUR company drug-free!  Call 1-800-456-4647 x205 TODAY and we will establish a Drug-Free Workplace for YOUR company by tomorrow!  FACT: 77% of all drug-users are EMPLOYED!  Keep YOUR company drug-free!  Call 1-800-456-4647 x205 TODAY and we will establish a Drug-Free Workplace for YOUR company by tomorrow!  FACT: 77% of all drug-users are EMPLOYED!  Keep YOUR company drug-free!  Call 1-800-456-4647 x205 TODAY and we will establish a Drug-Free Workplace for YOUR company by tomorrow!
FACT:  Only about 23% of our Nation's drug-abusers are sitting around in the abandoned buildings and back alleys of our cities 'shooting up' heroin, 'snorting' coke, 'taking a hit' of grass, or 'popping' some meth...

FACT:  The other 77% of all drug-abusers are EMPLOYED!  (How many are employed by your company?)

At the very minimum, therefore, the following '15' elements should be an integral part of your company's Drug-Free Workplace Program...to make it work optimally and to keep it effective for the long-term:

1. Prepare a written "Drug-Free Workplace" Policy for your legal protection, copy it to all employees; have the acknowledgment of their review and understanding of it signed and dated by them and placed in their personnel file.  OHS, Inc. can custom-write such a policy for you, which includes an acknowledgement of receipt for your employees to sign.  (Fourteen states actually have laws requiring a written drug testing policy; two states require state-approval of the policy before implementing a drug testing program.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.  We know all the rules.  We can help!)

2. Post "We Are a Drug Free Workplace" or similar signs in the parking gate entrance, the entrance to your building and/or the lobby, the coffee room, and above the employee time clock.  (The law in two states actually requires conspicuous posting of this type.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.)

3. Circulate substance-abuse prevention education materials (e.g., pamphlets/videos) to all supervisors, managers, and other employees once annually; a short 'reminder' notice of your Drug-Free Workplace company policy - and perhaps some drug-abuse facts - should be included inside pay envelopes at least once per calendar quarter.

4. Perform pre-employment drug testing on every new hire.  Those testing 'positive' for drugs should have their employment offer immediately rescinded no matter how qualified they might otherwise appear to be for the position and no matter how badly you need to fill the position!  (Law in five states requires that any drug testing be performed post-hire only; law in one state requires that pre-employment testing is permitted only in conjunction with a "comprehensive physical" exam; rescission of the job offer can be made following a confirmed positive for illicit drugs.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.)

5. Include this statement in ALL your help wanted ads:  "Employment subject to passing a drug test.", or, "We drug test all new hires.", or similar notice.  (Laws of four states require from 10 days up to 60 days notice be given to an employee prior to beginning a drug test program.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.)

6. Post "We Drug Test to Keep Our Company a Drug-Free Workplace" or similar signs prominently for all job candidates to clearly see at the entrance and inside ALL hiring offices.

7. "Randomly" drug test (laws permitting) at least 50% of your employee base annually.  Depending on the number of employees you have, perform random testing at least once monthly or every week.  OHS, Inc. routinely provides computerized random "selections" quarterly, monthly, or weekly for all clients who test randomly.  Industry experts agree that on-going random testing is the single-most effective deterrent to on-going workplace drug-abuse.  (NOTE:  Specific ordinances in two U.S. cities and laws in eleven states either limit or specifically do not permit "random" testing of employees.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.)

8. Test an employee for "reasonable suspicion" whenever reasonable cause is justified by virtue of their display of any performance, behavioral or physical "indicators" of drug-use.  (These indicators of drug-use are listed by OHS, Inc. for your convenience on another page of our website:  CLICK HERE to view them.  Also, OHS, Inc. provides excellent "on-line" training that teaches your managers to more easily identify drug-use in your workplace, and, how to address the issue.  CLICK HERE to learn more.)

9. Arrange substance-abuse awareness training for every one of your supervisors and managers at least once per year.  Such training will help them to identify the 'indicators' of drug-use among their crew and teach them the most effective methods of isolating and preventing a possible drug-use related workplace problem before it becomes a crisis for your company.  OHS can arrange such training for your supervisors and managers through an instructor who will visit your location(s), or, we can arrange "E-Training" (at much lower cost) for your management people "on-line"-  via the Internet.  (Annual drug-abuse "awareness training" of company supervisors and/or all company employees is required by law in four different states.  OHS, Inc. provides such training nationwide.  CLICK HERE for a description and pricing of this specialized training.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.)

10. "Post-accident" drug test an employee whenever justified by serious injury, damaged/loss of property, or life.  (IMPORTANT NOTE:  At least "40" states will consider a denial of Workers'  Compensation benefits when an accident is caused by your employee whose 'post-accident' drug test is positive for illicit drugs. The majority of those 40 states ALSO will consider a denial of Unemployment benefits for that same reason.  And you thought drug testing might cost too much?  "Post-accident" drug testing  - alone - can save your company literally tens of thousands of times more money than it costs!  We discuss the "cost" of a workplace drug testing program (i.e.,  a "Drug-Free Workplace") in detail on another page of our site.  CLICK HERE to access it.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.) 

11. Use ONLY federal/state certified labs for the analysis of all specimens that are sent to a lab.  (Laws in five states and in one U.S. Territory require that all elements of a company drug testing program - including the choice of testing lab - strictly follow U.S. Department of Transportation guidelines.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.)

12. Have all specimens that initially test "positive" (including those based upon results of so-called "on-site" drug test devices or 'kits') re-tested by a certified lab...it's called "confirmation" testing.  (Confirmation testing of initial positives when using "on-site kits" is required by law in a number of different states.  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.)

13. Utilize the services of a Medical Review Officer (MRO) for all positive results.  CLICK HERE to learn more about how essential a MRO is to the credibility of the workplace drug testing process and fairness to the employee.  (Law in multiple states requires the use of an MRO!  Call us at 1-800-456-4647 x 205 if you need more information about this.)

14. Ensure that all test results of employees are kept strictly confidential!  Inform ONLY those with a "need to know" of final drug test results; maintain ALL results with strict security.

15. Impose ALL terms of your company's written testing policy strictly, fairly, and equally with ALL employees-  do not engage in favoritism, and make no exceptions.

NOTE:  OHS, Inc. can help you and your company implement ANY one or EVERY one of the
above 15 essential elements!  Call us at 1.800.456.4.OHS (647) Ext. 205 or e-mail OHS now.

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