Drug Lawyer

If your business does not currently enforce drug testing for your employees – both new hires and current staff, then it’s certainly something worth thinking about.

It’s important to note that drug abuse has a “direct connection to tardiness, absenteeism, turnover, attitude problems, theft, crime, quality and quantity of service, and violence”. More than 50 percent of all accidents on the job are related to drug and alcohol abuse, while drug and alcohol abusers use as much as 10 times more health care benefits as the average worker.

These statistics alone are cause for concern, and on top of this we ought to consider the liability issues associated with workplace violence – often a connected to drug abuse. If an employee is harmed by a drug user that you employ, you as a business are certainly liable for this and could suffer serious financial consequences should the victim take you to court. In this day and age, with thousands of law firms all looking to seek out compensation for victims, don’t let your business become a victim too. Thoroughly checking the background of your employees is going to be one step closer to ensuring your security and the welfare of your employees and your business.

What often prevents organizations performing drug screening are the costs – but these are minimal compared to the payouts that such court cases noted above could result in. Ultimately, it’s a case of better safe than sorry, and you’d rather pay a little now than a lot later. The benefit in the long run is worth every penny.

Originally published here.

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