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Alcohol in YOUR Workplace
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About 15 percent of U.S. workers are impaired by alcohol &
nationally, eighty-five percent of problem drinkers work. In Montana, those numbers could be much higher.
About 15 percent of U.S. workers said they either used alcohol at work or were impaired on the job, according to research from the University of
Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
Alcohol use and impairment was more common among men than women, among younger employees, and more prevalent among evening and night
shift workers.
Tolerance. That's A Good Thing, Right?
Supervisor and coworker tolerance of alcohol and drug use, misuse, and abuse can be an underground attitude that taints the health of your
workplace. Too often, business owners and human resource professionals tolerate a problem as a way of coping with situations that for one reason
or another, no one wants to address. Sometimes it just seems easier to replace an employee, than to work with them for healthy change. Or,
perhaps it may seem simpler to ignore the problem, hoping it will go away. . .
Companies Struggle with Workplace Addiction -
50 percent of businesses surveyed said they lacked the expertise to detect an addiction problem in the workplace. In addition, 25 percent of
the respondents said they would be less likely to hire someone who is recovering from an addiction.
"The disconnect in all of this is the fact that too many HR directors don't know how to recognize the problem and access treatment,"
said William Moyers, vice-president for external affairs at Hazelden, a Minneapolis-based treatment center.
Effective Policies
Do you have a policy in place? That's one of the first questions a trainer who comes to teach your management team about intervening in
employee alcohol misuse and abuse will ask.
Alcohol Screening Yields 2-to-1 Savings
Employers can save $2 for every dollar they spend on screening employees for alcohol problems and referring them to treatment,
according to a research group at the George Washington University Medical Center.
Online Alcohol Screening Protects Worker IDs
Privacy concerns can prevent people from seeking help with a possible alcohol problem, particularly in the workplace. But online alcohol
screening programs can ease these privacy worries, opening the door to intervention and treatment and helping reduce healthcare costs for
employers.
Try this free, confidential online screening tool. |
Visit these other workplace-related links.
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Alcohol and Drug Services of Gallatin County
(406) 586-5943
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