Ohio & Pennsylvania

Keeping your employees off drugs--the resources you need to do it right

If you think employee drug abuse doesn't impact your business, think again. According to Ontrack Program Resources Inc., a nonprofit community-aid organization, nearly 60 percent of U.S. workers using drugs are employed by small businesses, and during the past year, one in four employees between ages 18 and 35 used illicit drugs. The results: higher workers' comp premiums and unemployment insurance rates as well as reduced productivity.

Using these and other facts, Ontrack has developed a drug-free workplace program to help small businesses in California. Ontrack targets firms with up to 50 employees but will also work with selected larger companies. Among the help offered is guidance for developing a workplace drug policy, training for supervisors and managers, creation of employee-awareness programs and information on where to refer workers.

Assistance is provided free via phone, fax, on-site consulting and through the company's Web site, which offers downloadable templates. For more information, call (888) 900-4288 or visit http://www.ontrackatwork.net.

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This article was originally published in the December 1999 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Ohio & Pennsylvania.