If the star of your favourite sporting team got into trouble with the law, would you stand by him or ship him off to another team at the first opportunity? Would it make a difference if it wasn’t one of your stars, and it was a player who generally didn’t play in the senior...
Tag: workplace drug testing
Workplace drug testing
Can you say no to workplace drug testing?
You’re on a ‘bender’ on the weekend, having a great time with mates, downing a few drinks and indulging in illicit drugs. But now it’s Monday morning and soon after you arrive at work you get asked to take part in random workplace drug testing. Anxiety kicks in immediately. Will you still have drugs...
Let’s talk about workplace drug testing
Integrity Sampling earns its living from helping clients throughout Australia with workplace drug and alcohol management services. We’ve been doing it since 2001. Drug and alcohol management – which includes drug testing and alcohol testing – is our sole business and we are experts at what we do. However, that doesn’t mean we are...
Drug usage in regional areas raises questions about drug testing
There was an interesting article in a regional newspaper recently regarding the concern from the agricultural industry about the high use of the drug ICE in regional areas. So, let’s take a look at the article and the questions it has raised about workplace drug testing. The article was published by The Stawell Times-News...
Nervous about workplace drug testing? You’re not alone
If you’re nervous about drug testing in your workplace, here’s some good news – you’re not alone! According to research by an American human resources screening firm, JDP, there are a lot of people in the US who are nervous about workplace drug testing and they’re Googling and conducting Internet searches to find out...
Australian drug trends and what it means for workplace drug testing
As workplace drug testing providers we always cast a keen eye on creditable reports into drug use in Australia and a recent one to be published was the Australian Drug Trends 2018 report. The report from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre is particularly interesting because of the way information is gathered. It...
Workplace drug testing highlights drop in opiate positives
The change that requires those who want to purchase painkillers containing codeine to see a doctor for a prescription, instead of purchasing over the counter, appears to have resulted in a reduction in the number of positive workplace drug testing results for opiates. Codeine is an opioid drug that is closely related to morphine,...
A drug testing disgrace
If you own or manage a workplace, how confident are you that your employees are coming to work in a fit and safe condition? Is it possible that one or more of your employees turn up to work occasionally with drugs in their system? Perhaps one of your employees is like a Mr Rudd,...
Education and training a vital part of workplace drug testing
You’ve developed a drugs and alcohol policy for your business and are conducting regular workplace drug testing, so you now relax knowing you’ve done all you can to protect your business against the misuse of drugs and alcohol… Or have you? Providing information, education and training to employers in regards to drugs and alcohol...
Hemp and workplace drug testing is food for thought
There has been a lot of debate in recent years over medicinal cannabis and its legalisation in Australia, now it’s the turn of close relative, hemp. The sale of low THC hemp seed foods will soon be permitted in this country and one of the questions being raised is what this will mean for...