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How to Get & Keep a Drug-Free Workplace Job

How to Get & Keep a Drug-Free Workplace Job. Sponsored by: Arkansas Department of Workforce Education UALR Arkansas Small Business Development Center U.S. Small Business Administration. Module 1: Know the Rulez. Drug Free Workplace Programs. Written policy Supervisor training

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How to Get & Keep a Drug-Free Workplace Job

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  1. How to Get & Keep aDrug-Free Workplace Job Sponsored by: Arkansas Department of Workforce Education UALR Arkansas Small Business Development Center U.S. Small Business Administration

  2. Module 1: Know the Rulez

  3. Drug Free Workplace Programs • Written policy • Supervisor training • Employee education • Employee Assistance • Drug / Alcohol Testing

  4. Federal Drug Free Workplace Act Employers with: • Grants • Contracts • Regulated Must Have: • Written Policy • Awareness program • Disclose convictions Testing NOT Required

  5. Arkansas Laws & Regulations Act 1552 of 1999 • Established voluntary DFWP programs • 5% insurance credit AWCC Rule 36 Arkansas Code of 1987 • Chapter 64

  6. Substance Abuse Education • Point of contact • Time period enforced • Conduct Prohibited • Testing Procedures • Refusal to Test • Consequences • Effects of Substances

  7. Applying for the Job Employee Notice of Drug Testing Requirements Consent to Drug / Alcohol Testing • Agree to submit • Test on request • Test to keep job • Release test results

  8. Reasonable Cause • Moods • Actions • Absenteeism • Accidents • Work Patterns • Relationships

  9. Military Service • Illegal Drugs • Prescription Drugs • Alcohol • Failure to Disclose • Drug Testing

  10. Module 2: Get the Jobz

  11. When Am I Tested? • Job Applicant • Reasonable Suspicion • Fitness-for-Duty • Follow-Up • Post-Accident

  12. The Test What To Expect • Remove outer garments • Water off & toilet blued • Issued wrapped bottle • Sample collected • Sealed , labeled & initialed • Chain of custody form completed

  13. Beating the Drug Test The market for masking agents has exploded, but “most of them wouldn’t pass an eighth grade science test.” -Beth Lindamood, Great American Insurance Co.

  14. Beating the Drug Test Drug Masking • Goldenseal • Draino • Ammonia • Visine • Salt • Vinegar • Lemon Juice

  15. Beating the Drug Test Drug Cleansing Require drinking large amounts of water • Too much water is poisonous • Too much water dilutes test sample

  16. Beating the Drug Test Urine Substitution • Concealed container most common • Catheters rarely used • Injection is urban legend from movies

  17. Beating the Cheaters • Quantity • Color • Temperature • Acidity (pH) • Creatinine • Specific Gravity Adulteration takes precedent over positive drug finding

  18. Your Civil Rights • 4th Amendment to U.S. Constitution • Supreme Court Decisions • Employment Case Law

  19. Employee Protections • Confidentially report use • Contest results within 5 days • Opportunity to consult • Not discharged upon voluntary treatment

  20. Employer Protections • Confirmed tests NOT disability • Discharges are “for cause” • May establish reasonable rules • Not prohibited from other tests

  21. Module 3: Avoid the Drugz

  22. The Truth About Marijuana • Damages nerve cells in brain’s memory area • Affects coordination • Four times more tar than tobacco • Weakens immune system • May contain toxic substances THINK ABOUT IT!

  23. The Truth About Inhalants • Irreversible brain damage • Irregular heart beat • Permanent loss of sense of smell • Damage to liver and kidneys • Instant death from suffocation or heart attack. THINK ABOUT IT!

  24. The Truth About Cocaine • Intense depression and addiction • Affects coordination • Emotions of paranoia, anger, & anxiety • Highly addictive • Causes heart attacks & seizures THINK ABOUT IT!

  25. The Truth About Meth • Irreversible damage to blood vessels in brain • Use affects vision & coordination • More addictive than crack cocaine • Homemade with unknown dose • Overdose results in heart failure THINK ABOUT IT!

  26. The Truth About Ecstacy • Damages neurons in brain’s memory and sensory areas • Increases heart rate and blood pressure • Used in “Date Rape” • Homemade with unknown dose • Coma & death from internal organ failure THINK ABOUT IT!

  27. The Truth About Date Rape Drugs • Damages neurons in brain’s memory and sensory areas • Cause drowsiness, unconsciousness, and breathing problems • Overdose causes severe breathing problems, coma & death THINK ABOUT IT!

  28. Have Fun Safely • Don’t accept candy from strangers • Watch drink being opened or made • Guard your drink • Don’t’ drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol

  29. Arkansas DFWP resources Arkansas Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Arkansas Workers Compensation Commission

  30. National DFWP Resources American Council for Drug Education National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Partnership for a Drug-Free America

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