Product Description
Alcohol, Drugs & Employment (2nd edition)
Authors: M McCann, N Harker Burnhams, C Albertyn, U Bhoola
Format: Physical Hardcopy
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
Contents:
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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
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Protocol for breathalyser testing
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Protocol for blood testing
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Questionnaires used to screen for alcohol and drug misuse
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Protocol for urine testing
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Units and formulae
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Example of a letter to non-unionised employees regarding the introduction of an updated alcohol and drugs policy
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Glossary of medical terms
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Strategy for managing alcohol and drug problems
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Verification of alcohol intoxication form
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Verification of drug intoxication form
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Alternative alcohol and drug policy
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Table of symptoms and signs of alcohol and drug problems
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