Some employers reserve the right to carry out random drug and alcohol tests on employees, particularly in safety-critical industries.
Employers that wish to test staff for drugs and alcohol should clearly and unambiguously reserve the right to do so in their contracts of employment. There should also be in place a clear policy on drug and alcohol testing, setting out when and how testing will be carried out, who will carry out the testing and what will be done with the results of any tests.
Nearly one million UK employees have drugs in their system at work, research by drug-screening firm Concateno has concluded.The report,...
A drug testing procedure can help employers to maintain a safe workplace. John Wilson of Concateno, a drug and alcohol...
A new method of managing alcohol-related issues at work provides employers with a set of tools to address the drinking...
Just one-fifth of FTSE 250 companies have explicit alcohol-at-work policies in place, with lost productivity and absenteeism due to alcohol...
Public listed companies should have to outline their policy on their staff’s alcohol use as an explicit requirement, according to...
Introduced to considerable fanfare last year, fit notes were intended to reduce the number of people on long-term sickness absence...
One of my male employees was seen drinking vodka in the office toilets. He’s since admitted to me that he...
Figures from the charity Mind suggest that one in four people in the UK is diagnosed with a mental illness...
Most of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 1 October 2010 and employers need to make sure they...
The Government yesterday confirmed that the main provisions of the Equality Act 2010 will come into force on 1 October...
The government must provide clear guidance on the legality of drug testing in the workplace to prevent employers being “seduced”...
Temporary workers in swine flu call centres have been diagnosing patients while under the influence of cannabis and alcohol, a...
With the festive season almost upon us, Graham Johnson takes a timely look at dealing with drug and alcohol misuse, tests and policies in the workplace.
Cocaine is still widely used among City workers following the credit crunch, it has emerged.Leading doctors involved in the treatment...
Health firm Bupa has launched a new hair analysis test that, it says, can tell if an employee has taken...
