Coping with employee drug and alcohol abuse, and its inevitably harmful effects on the workplace, remains a significant problem facing employers today. According to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), more than 14 million Americans use illegal drugs.
The 'Last Chance Agreement'
How can an employer protect its workplace from the often harmful effects of employee drug and alcohol abuse, avoid accusations that it is discriminating against an employee because of a purported addiction disability, and, at the same time, help an employee who was once a valuable and productive contributor to become so again? The answer may lie in a carefully crafted "Last Chance Agreement."
By
Christopher J. Collins
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