Description:
The effects of active substance use disorder (“SUD”) across the US has reached epidemic levels and in no place are the effects of this crisis more palpable than in the workplace. 59.277 million or 21.4% of people 12 and over have used illegal drugs or misused prescription drugs within the last year. SUD can cost as much as $81 billion in absenteeism, presenteeism, loss productivity, higher healthcare bills, and workers’ compensation claims. And while 75% of employers say substance use is prevalent among their employees, only 17% feel prepared to address the issue.
Join us for this informative and timely program where we will dive into the heart of the SUD crisis, learning strategies and tactical operations an employer may utilize to both promote a drugfree workplace environment, all the while bolstering its responsive mechanisms to provide the treatment and recovery support mechanisms essential to identifying, reducing, and effectively mitigating the effects of active SUD in the workplace.
Attendees of the program will:
- Define and understand substance use disorder (“SUD”) as one of the foremost and decisive threats to the health and safety of an organization’s workers.
- Learn to identify common signs and symptoms of active SUD in the workplace environment.
- Learn and understand the employer obligations, duties, and rights for addressing active workplace SUD, as afforded by the laws of ADA, MHPAEA, and HIPAA.
- Learn the fundamentals of an effective workplace SUD response system, including a drugfree workplace program, enhanced Employee Assistance Plan, and effective offerings of account-based products.
- Learn and understand the components of a comprehensive drugfree workplace program, administered as both a deterrent and as a responsive mechanism to the effects of active SUD in the workplace environment.
Speakers:
Jason Sheffield & Natashia Wright
Moderator:
Marie Smith
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