Many organisations are discovering the benefits of committing to occupational health and safety, in part to improve employee satisfaction and safety performance. According to an article in the Manufacturers’ Monthly, the businesses are seeing the relationship between job satisfaction and workers’ compliance with safety management policies and the frequency of accidents. The article quotes...
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Drug and alcohol management
Drug and alcohol testing even more vital over Festive Season
It’s fast approaching. That time of the year when seemingly responsible and respectable employees may think it’s funny to take photocopies of their bottom or ask for a kiss under the mistletoe. While incidents like these may be awkward and definitely not okay in today’s workplace, what can be even more alarming is when...
Alcohol and drug use costs workplaces
The use of alcohol and drugs is costing workplaces billions of dollars each year, but the full extent may never be known. Back in 2013, workplace drug and alcohol experts Dr Ken Pidd and Professor Ann Roche estimated the bill for Australian workplaces was $5.2 billion a year due to alcohol and drug use....