Why Your Company Should Have a Drug-Testing Program

Many companies seem to have a difficult time locating and maintaining quality employees. If your company seems to be limited by employee problems including a high turnover rate, high incidence of absenteeism, sub-par job performance, frequent accidents and/or common workers’ compensationclaims then drug testing could save you money. It has been reported in, In Favor of a Drug Free Workplace: Why Drug Testing?, that the US Navy estimated a $10 savings on every $1 spent on drug testing and the average cost of each drug abusing employee is about $6,600 per year. If you are still not convinced of the benefits your company could gain from implementing a drug testing program then refer to these research and statistics.

• Research:
  • Studies of the workforce show that almost nine percent of employees were victims of drug abuse.
  • Almost twelve percent of job applicants tested positive for drugs.
  • The results from a study by the Xerox company demonstrated that accidents in the workplace were reduced after weeding out the employees found guilty of drug abuse.
  • Random and pre-employment drug testing has been shown to bring down the health claims of employees by almost sixty five percent.
  • It is clear that investing in a drug-testing program has been tested and proven to enhance productivity and reduce healthcare costs of companies.

 

• II. Short Term Benefits:
  1. Cost Savings and Incentive Programs are Offered by:
     • i. Medical & Health Insurance Carriers
     • ii. Property, Casualty, and Liability Insurance Carriers
     • iii. Workers’ Compensation Insurance Carriers
  2. Decreases chances that a current drug user or abuser will apply for/be hired for a job at your company.
  3. Decreased Accidents
  4. Decreased Disciplinary Actions
  5. Decreased absenteeism, theft, and fraud.

 

• III. Long Term Benefits:
  1. Increased employee morale and productivity.
  2. Decreased costs associated with losses and errors.
  3. Increased employee awareness about alcohol and other drug/health related issues.
  4. Earlier identification and resolution of problems affecting job performance.
  5. Decreased legal costs.
  6. Less turnover which leads to decreased costs associated with hiring and training new employees.

 

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