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Would You Like A 7.5% Discount on your Workers’ Compensation Insurance &
Conquer Substance Abuse In Your Workplace?
For a copy of the complete Rules and Regulations on becoming
a state certified Drug Free Workplace in Georgia
click here.
5 Easy Steps to Becoming a Certified Drug Free Workplace
Step 1
– Provide a written
Substance Abuse Policy
to your employees.
Your
company must have a drug free workplace policy that meets
all of the requirements of the state of Georgia. We can
email you a simple fill-in-the-blank policy. Below is the
state recommended policy.
Sample Policy in pdf
Step 2
-
Your company must conduct limited
Drug Testing
in any of the following ways:
- Pre-Employment
- Reasonable suspicion
- Routine fitness for duty
- Post-Rehabilitation based on treatment due to
a
positive test
- Post-accident, if injury results in loss of
work time
- Random
*Please
note: you DO NOT have to test your entire workforce.
Blanket testing and random testing are NOT required for
certification!
Step 3
- Your company must conduct 2 hours of
Employee Education
in your first year of certification and 1 hour each
year thereafter.
*Please
note: It can be
difficult for all of your employees to stop working and
attend training at the same time. Our program participation
solves this problem by providing you with monthly
newsletters for training.
Click below for sample newsletters and a list of videotapes:
Sample Employee Newsletter
Sample Spanish Employee Newsletter
Additional Training Material and Video Library
Step 4
- Your company must conduct 2 hours of
Supervisor Training in
the first year of certification, and 1 hour each year
thereafter.
Click below for sample newsletter:
Supervisor Training Sample Newsletter
Step 5
- Your company must either have an Employee Assistance
Program (EAP) or
a
Referral List
of treatment and counseling centers in your area.
*Please
note: The Cobb Chamber provides your company with a
referral list of treatment centers in the Cobb and
surrounding areas. |
