Forty-seven percent of serious workplace accidents and more than a third of workplace fatalities involve drugs or alcohol. Alarmingly employees engaged in inappropriate substance use costs their employer $7,000 to $25,000 annually, and the human costs are even greater.
There are few managers, supervisors or business owners who will not experience this issue in the workplace. Knowing how to effectively and professionally deal with substance abuse is not just important it’s imperative.
At this comprehensive half-day course you will not just discover how to identify and confront substance abuse, but you will be provided with the best practices for successfully dealing with this critical workplace reality.
- Negative effects of drug and alcohol use
- How to spot signs of drug and alcohol abuse
- Behavioral Impact – Carelessness, risk-taking, declining performance, failure to follow rules and safety procedures.
- Understanding different levels of substance use (use, misuse, addiction)
- Why Substance Abuse Happens
- Why is Substance Abuse Awareness Training necessary for your organization?
- Recognize the mechanisms behind individuals developing addictions to drugs and alcohol.
- What should I do if I suspect substance abuse in the workplace?
- Leaders need a more profound understanding to manage substance abuse issues effectively within their teams.
- Identifying high-risk roles and environments
- Why construction, transportation, and healthcare, have higher risks of substance abuse
- Pros and cons of drug testing programs
- Documenting problems of potential substance abuse
- The Importance of a Substance Abuse Policy
- What is the reasonable suspicion standard?
Dealing With Substance Abuse in the Workplace
January 14th, 2025
8:30 am – 11:50 am PST
9:30 am – 12:50 pm MST
11:30 am – 2:50 pm EST
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Course Fee: $295.00
A 200-Minute Virtual Seminar
SeminarCanada is based on the belief that your time is valuable. That you need the best, most essential, up-to -date and actionable knowledge in the least amount of time and at a reasonable cost. Each of our 200-minute virtual seminars have been edited and distilled to the point where every one of the 200 minutes we have together will be worth your time. While highly personalized, there is no time for existential ramblings, or time-filling group work. This enables us to provide you with much more solid content than the competition. Perhaps most importantly, our courses are taught by experts in their field – all with at least a master’s degree from and accredited university – many with a Ph.D., and a minimum of fifteen years of management training. Differences in Canadian corporate culture, healthcare, education, the public sector, as well as the contribution of First Nations peoples impact on our organizations and our roles within them. Our courses are uniquely Canadian.
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Digital Download Available
If you are unable to attend the live virtual seminar, or if you would rather view the program on your own timeline a digital download of the entire live seminar is available.
You will also receive all the course materials distributed at the live virtual seminar.
The cost of the digital video download of the live seminar is just $195.00. Please select DIGITAL on the registration form.