Is the Employees Course the Right Drug and Alcohol Training?
This course is written for the workforce at large. People who manage others have a separate course with more on their duties.
- Drug And Alcohol Awareness For Employees. The page you are on. A 30-minute course on drug-free workplace laws, the signs of substance abuse and how to reach confidential help through an EAP.
- Drug And Alcohol Awareness For Supervisors. A 1-hour course for team leads and managers that covers spotting a problem, documenting it, making an EAP referral and managing return to duty. View the Drug And Alcohol Awareness For Supervisors
Enroll staff here, and send anyone who supervises them to the Supervisors course so both sides learn the same policy.
Which Drug-Free Workplace Rules Apply at Work?
Federal contractors, federal grant recipients and employers in safety- or security-sensitive industries operate under federal drug-free workplace rules, and the course walks employees through each one.
- Federal contractors and grantees have reporting deadlines. Under 41 U.S.C. 8102, an employee must tell the employer within 5 days of a conviction for a workplace drug violation, and the employer must notify the agency within 10 days.
- DOT-regulated jobs are tested. FAA, FMCSA, FRA, FTA, PHMSA and the U.S. Coast Guard each have drug and alcohol testing rules for safety-sensitive employees.
- Defense and nuclear work has its own rules. DoD contractors follow the Drug-Free Work Force clause (48 CFR 252.226-7003), and NRC licensees run fitness-for-duty programs under 10 CFR Part 26.
- Employee protections still apply. The ADA protects people in or done with supervised rehab who no longer use illegal drugs, and FMLA can cover leave for treatment (29 CFR 825.119).
The course covers these rules at an awareness level. For your own employer's policy, contact your Human Resources department.
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