Workplace drug and alcohol problems growing concern

Published February 27, 2014

Workplace drug and alcohol problems growing concern
The impact of drugs and alcohol misuse is a growing problem in the workplace, says the BMA in new guidance for clinicians designed to help employers better tackle the issues. Drug and alcohol misuse not only lowers productivity, but it is strongly …
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Prescription Addiction: What Can Be Done About Rising Rx Overdoses?
Non-medical use of prescription opioids costs the U.S. upward of $ 53 billion, according to the Clinical Journal of Pain. That's $ 42 billion from lost workplace productivity, $ 8.2 billion in criminal justice costs, $ 2.2 billion from treatment and $ 944 …
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Alcohol and drug abuse – Irving
On appeal from the Court of Appeal for New Brunswick: Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30 v. Irving Pulp & Paper, Ltd., 2013 SCC 34. “Privacy and safety are highly sensitive and significant workplace interests. They are …
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