Keeping current on drug and alcohol testing rules

It is no secret that drug and alcohol abuse are among the biggest causes of workplace accidents.

Drug testing in turn can be one of the best ways to combat this problem. In fact, among companies that initiated drug testing, there was a 50 percent reduction in the number of organizations reporting high workers’ compensation incidence rates, according to a 2011 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.

While drug testing programs can be very worthwhile, they are not without their challenges. One is keeping current with changes in state regulations on drug and alcohol testing procedures as well as court and industrial commission decisions.

I very rarely endorse specific products on this blog, but I would like to call your attention to FightReady, an automated service that helps companies stay in compliance in any state in which they operate. FightReady is very helpful tool in fighting drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace.