Suzannah Robin, Alcohol and Drug Safety Expert at AlcoDigital, highlights the often overlooked dangers of employees taking prescription and over the counter drugs
It’s a scenario any employer could imagine. A trusted employee – let’s call her Ellie – has been absent with a slipped disc but is now back at work. She’s still in some discomfort, but she’s taking codeine tablets prescribed by her doctor to control the pain, and seems to have returned to her usual reliable self.
As an employee, would you question Ellie’s fitness to work? The disturbing fact is that many bosses wouldn’t – yet by failing to implement a drugs and alcohol policy which includes testing for prescription and some over the counter drugs, they could be laying themselves open to prosecution, not to mention risking the safety of employees and customers.[…]
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