Drug-Free Workplace
Are drug and alcohol abuse costing your company money? Indeed, they are.
Drugs and Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace: The Bottom Line
- On average, employees with inappropriate substance use cost their employers $7,000-$25,000 annually
- Substance abusers are 33-50% less productive than non-users
- Abusers are absent 3 weeks more per year than non-abusers
- Substance users file 300-400% more costly medical claims
- 50-80% of pilferage, loss and theft are due to substance abusers
- Up to 70% of serious workplace accidents are related to alcohol and drug abuse
Source: Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation Announces the New Drug Free Safety Program
- Discounts of 3-7%, on top of current discounts
- Yearly training reduced to 1 hour
- Yearly supervisor training reduced to 2 hours
- Train The Trainer options to train employees
- Supervisors still need yearly training from a certified trainer
- Participating companies will need to update their current drug free workplace policy to include other safety issues (This is quite simple!)
- Training grants to cover some of the training costs
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