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Employers have a legal duty to protect employees’ health, safety and welfare. Understanding the signs of drug and alcohol misuse (or abuse) will help you to manage health and safety risk in your workplace, develop a policy to deal with drug and alcohol-related problems and support your employees.
This course includes
Hours of videos
4 hours, 40 minutes
Units & Quizzes
6
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
Course Overview
What the issues are and what to look out for
Misuse is not the same thing as dependence. Drug and alcohol misuse is the use of illegal drugs and misuse of alcohol, medicines and substances such as solvents. Consider these warning signs, which could indicate drug or alcohol misuse:- unexplained or frequent absences
- a change in behaviour
- unexplained dips in productivity
- more accidents or near-misses
- performance or conduct issues
Course Learning Points
Course Currilcum
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- Consult your employees 01:00:00
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- Look at safety-critical work 00:30:00
- Develop a policy 00:55:00
- Support employees with a drug or alcohol problem 01:00:00
