TrainingBriefs® Substance Abuse: Suspicion/Detection

As managers, we have a responsibility to understand and communicate the organization’s policy on substance abuse or use in the workplace to employees. Let’s face it—the last thing any manager, supervisor or organization wants to deal with is a lawsuit regarding substance use or abuse in the workplace.

Did you know that each year drug and alcohol abuse accounts for 100 billion dollars in lost productivity for U.S. companies? Substance use or abuse in the workplace is having an enormous impact on employees and organizations in the United States.