The economy around the world certainly has been through some tough times the past few years. Businesses and families have taken more of a toll than anyone could have ever imagined. With such massive amounts of layoffs and plenty of businesses closing their doors, a dark cloud of uncertainty, fear, and anxiety has made its way across plenty of cities and nations.
Cutting costs is not always the right answer when it comes to business. Let’s take the cost associated with drug and alcohol testing. The cost that a business owner puts into such testing is well worth the outcome. For example, let’s say an employee at a company is addicted to cocaine. He continually gets high in the bathroom during his shift as a stock person at a department store.
One evening he gets high and because he is not clear in his mind, he runs into a co-worker with the fork lift and she falls down and breaks her arm. This accident will cost the company a great deal of money in the long run and it might have been prevented if the company did random or mandatory drug testing every so often.
The employee with the addiction to cocaine could have been caught through drug testing and could have either been let go, reprimanded, given leave without pay, forced to get addiction counseling if he wanted to stay employed with that company, and so on.
Random drug testing is well worth the investment in the long run. One accident due to the use of drugs can cost thousands and thousands of dollars. Additionally, those that use drugs tend to be less productive and reliable when it comes to work, so little by little money a business owner is losing money.
For this reason, Mediscreen assures you that the cost of onsite alcohol and drug testing is worth well more than the information you get regarding your employees. Cutting this particular cost will not save you in the long run. Allow Mediscreen to take care of all of your alcohol and drug screening and testing needs today. For more information, please call (+61) 1300 79 70 40.
