Findings from Safe Work Australia’s research, Safer, healthier, wealthier, show that in the absence of work-related injuries and illnesses on average each year Australia’s economy would be $28.6 billion larger meaning 185,500 additional full-time equivalent jobs would be created, and workers across all occupations and skill levels would benefit from an average wage rise of 1.3%
Identifying and assessing hazards or risks in the workplace, including those arising from the use of alcohol and other drugs can minimise injuries. When implementing alcohol and drug testing it is important to consider that it isn’t the value in the testing that can sometimes be confusing for staff – often employees question its morality, saying random drug tests are not really random at all.
Drug testing in the workplace is only effective if staff align with it, most complaints are about the selection not being truly random. Random screening will only be truly random if you use a random generator for employees to be sure that every single one of them shares the same degree of probability to be picked for a random test.
Alcolizer Technology is a leader in Drug and Alcohol testing and views the use of testing programs by organisations as an essential method in managing operational risk. Our services include:
- Oral Fluid and Urine Testing
- Random Testing Programs
- Post Incident Testing
- Laboratory confirmation
- Reasonable suspicion testing
- 24/7 on call emergency testing
- Alcohol and drug testing consumables
- Live test data management and support
- Alcohol and drug testing devices
With around 11% of workplace injuries Australia wide attributable to drug and alcohol use, a robust workplace Drug & Alcohol management program is essential for all Australian businesses. At Alcolizer Technology we partner with you in all aspects of workplace drug and alcohol management. We have helped hundreds of customers with workplace drug and alcohol testing services – get in touch with our team to help make your workplace safe.
