"Working Partners" Small Business Workplace Kit Offers Materials to Support Employer Efforts
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
For the first time in nearly a decade national surveys show increases in substance abuse. This heightens the challenge that employers, in particular, face of assuring their employees, customers and, in some cases, the federal government that their workplaces are free from substance abuse.
In an effort to assist companies in addressing the problems of substance abuse among their employees, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has developed a drug-free workplace kit for trade and professional associations.
"Clearly, our workplace substance abuse prevention efforts must be comprehensive," DOL Secretary Robert Reich told a gathering of industry and press representatives who attended a special round table meeting to formally release the kit. "This workplace kit is an example of how we can work together, the public and private sectors, to bring about some common purposes that should be important to us all."
The kit, which is part of DOL's Working Partners Program, contains a variety of workplace substance abuse materials, many of which are in reproducible formats. It also includes educational flyers on how to recognize the signs of substance abuse, listings of additional sources of assistance, public service advertisements and posters that are available to reproduce and use at no charge.
The kit also features industry-specific substance abuse fact sheets and success stories of companies that have implemented programs, along with results of their efforts. Also available in the kit is a 40-minute video called "America in Jeopardy," which discusses the magnitude of the workplace problem as it pertains to your employees, how substance abuse impacts job performance, and what employers can do to establish workplace programs.
For more information about the Working Partners Program please call 202-693-5919 or visit their web site
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