With Western Australian road fatalities rising in 2019, one thing is for sure, you can expect to see more drug and alcohol testing on Western Australian roads in 2020. While Western Australia, like much of the rest of the nation, experienced a rise in the road toll in 2019, in WA the rise was...
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Drugs and alcohol in Western Australian workplaces
It’s probably safe to assume we all know about the dangers of alcohol and other drugs on Western Australia’s roads, but what about the danger in our workplaces? Western Australia’s Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has developed an excellent summary of the issue of drugs and alcohol in the workplace on their...
Saliva testing or urine drug testing for your WA business
If your Perth or Western Australian business is contemplating introducing drug and alcohol testing as part of a drug and alcohol management plan, one of the decisions you’ll need to make is which testing methods to use. While breath testing is the clearly the best choice for alcohol testing, when it comes to drug...
Drug and alcohol testing in Western Australia a huge task
We all know that Western Australia is a huge state and its sheer size can cause issues for service and product supply. You might think the same issues apply if you’re a workplace that needs to conduct drug and alcohol testing, but, thankfully, Integrity Sampling has you covered. Integrity Sampling’s drug and alcohol testing...
Drug and alcohol testing in WA in the news
There have been a raft of drug and alcohol testing announcements and news in Western Australia of late, so let’s summarise some of the main ones. Alcohol testing in WA to get tougher The Western Australian government hope to change a law relating to alcohol testing that allows drives who would fail a test...
Drug and alcohol testing in WA a workplace imperative
If you own or manage a business in WA and don’t conduct drug testing of your workforce and don’t take steps to protect you and your business from issues of drugs and alcohol, you should be. But don’t take our word for it. Take a look at Australian statistics for drug use and misuse...
Workplace drug and alcohol testing laws in Western Australia
One of the questions we regularly get asked in Western Australia, is can I lawfully introduce drug and alcohol testing in my workplace? It’s a fair question, because you don’t want to fall foul of the law or your employees, so let’s see what the facts are. As highlighted in a post from 2016,...
Far-reaching drug and alcohol testing in Western Australia
While Western Australia may be vast, it’s fair to say that so is Integrity Sampling’s drug and alcohol testing reach in the state. Our service area takes in most substantial workforce areas of WA, including the Pilbara and Kimberley regions in the north, to the Great Southern region in the south; and from the...
The Power is with drug and alcohol testing in Western Australia
All contractors working for Western Australian electrical supplier Western Power now need to comply with the power company’s drug and alcohol testing policy. The requirement follows an amendment to Western Power’s Service Apparatus Connection Scheme (SACS). The SACS amendment means that electrical contractors must demonstrate and participate in fitness for work processes and procedures...