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Misused Prescription Drugs: How Dangerous Can They Be?
How many times have we taken sedatives without doctors’ prescription just to sleep better or a painkiller prescribed to someone else to curb that ridiculous pain? The answer, unfortunately is, “quite often.” Prescription drugs are largely misused by teens and students. They usually have many ways to do it and more than one reason to start Read more »
What is Mobile Drug Testing?
Current workforce data shows that when a company invests in drug testing programs, workplace injury rates can decline by as much as 51 percent over the course of two years. Therefore, it makes good business sense to update your HR practices to include pre-employment and random drug testing of employees. If your organization is struggling Read more »
Workplace Opiate Use Takes its Toll on Business
The days of businesses worrying only about illegal drug abuse in their employee population are gone. Opiate use is growing at staggering rates in the workplace, and these drugs can be far more dangerous and pervasive than their illegal counterparts. How are narcotics impacting society and the workplace? According to the Centers for Disease Control Read more »
10 Posts HR Pros Must Read
Career human resource professionals recognize it can be difficult to establish a good balance between limiting potential risks to the company while also ensuring that the employees are engaged and working well together. Here are 10 blog posts that can help HR professionals achieve that balance: 1. Mary Barra: The rare CEO who worked in Read more »
David Bell Explains Marijuana Legalization’s Impact on Drug Testing
As more states move to legalize marijuana, both for medical and recreational use, more employers want to know how these changes might impact their rights to maintain a drug-free workplace. The good news is that as long as you have a proper drug free workplace policy in place, very little will change. (Employees wondering how Read more »
Is Marijuana the Next Business Boom?
By late 2014, voters in two more states and the District of Columbia had approved measures to legalize marijuana for recreational use. These votes apply an increasing amount of pressure on the federal government to decriminalize marijuana, and pot legalization supporters and opponents agree that they are moving America ever closer to establishing a whole Read more »
6 Steps to a Safer Workplace
For businesses in many industries, safety on the job is a crucial concern for many reasons. For one thing, injured employees can lead to costly lawsuits that often turn ugly. Workplace accidents can also hurt productivity to a significant degree. Finally, poor safety track records can deter quality applicants and even shut the place down. Read more »