Risk Support Services: Drug & Alcohol Screening
If you employ people in safety-critical roles, you may want to consider Drug & Alcohol Screening as part of your safety procedures. It is not a decision you should take lightly and such decisions should be made very carefully, but if handled correctly it could help prevent serious safety issues.
Call us on 0330 332 7969 or contact us through the website to discuss Drug & Alcohol Screening
What does Drug & Alcohol Screening involve?
Our multi-drug tests are very quick and simple. They give almost instant results, telling you whether your employees have used alcohol or drugs in the recent past.
Is it legal to ask my employees to take part in Drug & Alcohol Screening?
You would be within your rights to ask employees to take part in screening for drugs and alcohol. However, they are under no legal obligation to agree to it so it could affect relations with your employees.
You should always think carefully about what you hope to achieve from such screening and what you would do with the information. It would be very difficult to justify screening unless the employees in question have safety-critical roles such as pilots, drivers or operators of potentially dangerous machinery.
If such employees refuse to be tested, you may need to seek legal advice and may be able to take disciplinary action against them, as you would have good grounds for requesting screening.
What might the consequences be of failing to screen employees for drugs and alcohol?
If someone was killed, injured or had property damaged because of drug or alcohol use by an employee in a safety-critical role, the consequences could be significant. Failing to screen such employees could be seen as an omission on your part and exacerbate the situation further. The penalties could include heavy fines, imprisonment or even both.
Call us on 0330 332 7969 or contact us through the website to find out more about Drug & Alcohol Screening
About Risk Support Services
We’re part of Butterworth Spengler Commercial Ltd – an independent insurance broking business established in 1924. Drug & Alcohol Screening is just one of many Health & Safety services we offer to businesses across the UK.