
Alcohol, Drugs and Employment 2E
Product Details:
Author(s): | McCann, M,Harker Burnhams, N,Albertyn, C,Bhoola, U |
Page count: | 420 |
ISBN: | 9780702194061 |
Languages(s): | English, |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Categories: | Corporate and Commercial Law, Employment and |
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About this publication
Alcohol, Drugs & Employment is the new edition of the popular Alcohol, Employment & Fair Labour Practice. Like its predecessor, this book is a practical guide for labour lawyers, employers, trade unions, HR managers and occupational health professionals who must grapple with the problems of substance abuse in the workplace.
Alcohol, Drugs & Employment explains the case law on substance abuse in South Africa and also provides a useful international legal comparison. The book recommends procedures for identifying, controlling and treating substance abuse. It includes templates and procedural guidelines for pre-employment testing, employee testing and fair disciplinary action. Alcohol, Drugs & Employment also sets out the procedure for introducing and implementing a comprehensive substance-abuse policy in the workplace.
Key Benefits
- Presents both medical and legal perspectives on substance abuse in the workplace
- Provides useful guidelines on lawful medical testing of job applicants and employees
- Contains practical guidelines, protocols and policy templates
- Assists employers and trade unions to introduce and implement workplace policies on substance abuse
- Contains a useful international perspective by way of comparison with Canadian workplace law
Content
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A framework for analysing alcohol problems in the workplace
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The extent of the problem – alcohol
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Drugs and drug abuse – an introduction
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Extent of the problem – drugs
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Causes of the problem – psychosocial, environmental and cultural
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The risk assessment approach: managing alcohol and drug misuse within the organisation
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The effects of alcohol on the individual
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The effects of drugs
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Objective ways of identifying trends of substance abuse problems in the workplace
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Legal obligations of employees, employers and trade unions
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Testing – identifying alcohol and drug problems and intoxication in the individual employee
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Legal aspects of pre-employment screening
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Legal aspects of testing employees
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Fair discipline
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The role of the occupational health professional
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Treatment – the employee patient
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Treatment of the organisation
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Treatment – employee assistance programmes
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The workplace as a setting for substance abuse prevention initiatives
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Introducing new alcohol and drug procedures and rules
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Proposed substance abuse policy and procedural agreement
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Appendixes
- Protocol for breathalyser testing
- Protocol for blood testing
- Questionnaires used to screen for alcohol and drug misuse
- Protocol for urine testing
- Units and formulae
- Example of a letter to non-unionised employees regarding the introduction of an updated alcohol and drugs policy
- Glossary of medical terms
- Strategy for managing alcohol and drug problems
- Verification of alcohol intoxication form
- Verification of drug intoxication form
- Alternative alcohol and drug policy
- Table of symptoms and signs of alcohol and drug problems
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