For those conducting background checks for employment screening purposes, here is an article well worth reviewing. While the article narrates substance abuse in the United Kingdom workplace, much can be applied to the American working environment. Which is why drug screen is often so important.
According to the article in HR Magazine UK….”The TUC estimates that between 3% and 5% of all work absences are due to alcohol, which costs the UK economy nearly £2 billion a year. Recent research from drug and alcohol screening provider Concateno reveals that one in 30 employees (3.23% of the 1.6 million UK employees it tested in 2011) has drugs in their system at any one time in the workplace. If that figure were extrapolated for the UK population, it would equate to 940,000 people. And a 2012 survey by law firm Blake Lapthorn found that most organisations think the use of alcohol (61%) and drugs (54%) by employees outside the office has an adverse effect on their work.
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