policy in effect or that pre-employment drug testing has created a more respon- sible work force. Follow up drug testing for those who have been identified as drug abusers also dropped which may be a consequence of the post accident and random drug testing programs. Site and baseline testing are rare and not usually performed unless there is a significant reason to believe a significant drug prob- lem such as trafficking is occurring in a specific workplace (see Figure 7).


Perceived Impact of Drug Testing in the Workplace The human resource professionals


surveyed perceived a positive impact on four areas in the workplace: productiv- ity, attendance, workers’ compensation incidence rates and employee turnover. Productivity is a difficult metric to


gauge but is related to attendance, ac- cidents and employee turnover. Higher levels of absenteeism, accidents or turn- over can be directly related to lowered productivity in the workplace overall. This is because company energy is direct- ed not on producing products or services but rather on compensating for employee attendance accidents and turnover. In our study nearly one-fifth (19%) of


the human resource professionals report- ed a perceived increase in productivity after the implementation of drug testing program (see Figure 8). This again could be related to a more stable workforce and employee energy directed to specific job performance. Put into financial terms this could result in increased profits with the same workforce, an important con- sideration in today economic slowdown. Absenteeism is a major burden on


employers, especially small businesses as there is not a lot of support staff to fill in for the absent employee. This often results in decreased output, performance and profits for the company who has


www.datia.org datia focus 15 Figure 8 Employee Productivity After Implementing Drug Testing


Figure 7 Types of Drug Testing


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