According to the Australian government’s principle business resource “safety in the workplace is critical to your business.”[1] Of course Occupational Health and Safety management staff, as well as business owners and upper management, want and require a high degree of OHS compliance and respect in their workplaces. But achieving this aim is often easier said than done.
Upper management and business owners are increasingly pressured to perform a multitude of tasks and directive actions in order to course a business towards success. Business planning, profit and loss mapping and forecasting, departmental overseeing and decision-making and guidance and the need to focus on the ‘big picture” forward motion of the business, often means it is difficult to adequately attend to a detailed approach to all aspects of OHS and Fitness for Duty Issues. Legislative and Australian Standards pressures also weigh into the picture, leaving owners and managers in a tight predicament when it comes to maintaining a fully functioning workforce that is complying with the health and safety policies and procedures of the company and the law.
So, how do you develop a sound risk management process and develop a culture of adequate compliance in your workplace culture, given the time and energy constraints that are part and parcel of running business?
Outsourcing
One of the most successful and sensible solutions to this issue is outsourcing your drug and alcohol screening to a cutting-edge concern that specialises in testing and therefore encourages the health, wellbeing and OHS compliance of your workplace. Some advantages of outsourcing in this area are:
- Tailoring of best-practice screening solutions
- Professional collectors trained and certified
- 24/7 testing
- FIFO capabilities
- 24 hour hotline – responsive action in the event of a critical or high-risk workplace incident
- Significant cost-savings
- Reduced absenteeism
- Increased productivity
- Healthier workplace culture[2]
And importantly, upper management and OHS management and business owners are freed from the time-consuming processes and procedures in relation to testing that are outside of the normal day to day business duties and spheres of operation.
Mediscreen offers state of the art solutions to drug screening in the workplace, and adheres to Australian Standards and requirements. It offers a nationwide comprehensive service and can assist you in developing and designing a program that suits your requirements and needs.[3] Outsourcing an onsite screening regime to a concern such as Mediscreen means that your business can increase in efficiency, economies of time and duties.
Please call Mediscreen’s specialist staff on Mediscreen 1300 797040
[1] http://www.business.gov.au/BusinessTopics/Occupationalhealthandsafety/Pages/default.aspx
