Alcohol and Drugs & Workplace Violence Value Pack

Alcoholism and drug addiction does not stop in the workplace and produces very real consequences through costs, productivity loss, absenteeism, and accidents. This Sample resource can assist you in evaluating and managing the effects of alcohol and drugs within your organization.

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An estimated 60% of poor work performance can be tied back to drugs or alcohol. More than $600 billion is lost annually due to substance abuse. (MORE) Sixty-six percent of full-time workers in the U.S. say they are heavy drinkers (consuming five or more drinks per sitting at least five days per month), while only 4.9% of part-time workers in the U.S. say they are heavy drinkers.

• Assess the role that alcohol and other drugs play in your workplace
• Create an effective drug free policy, and successfully implement it within your organization
• Learn the hallmarks of a successful program, and create strategies to achieve success.
• Learn the benefits of an Employee Assistance Program
• Determine how to select the right Employee Assistance Program for your organization
• Understand the methods of drug testing
•  Decide which variety of drug testing will be the most effective in your organization
• Increase productivity and lower costs from compensation claims
• Decrease absenteeism and prevent accidents
• Generate an action plan to improve your management of Alcohol & Drugs in the Workplace
  

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6 pages with 54 related terms (sample
terms include): Abstinence, Addiction, Blackout, Cocaine, Contingency Management, Crack, Detoxification, Downer, Hallucinogens, Heroin, Medically Supervised Withdrawal, Methadone, Methamphetamine, Opiod, OxyContin, Relapse, Upper

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Four categories are used to classify workplace violence: worker on worker, personal relationship, customer/client, and criminal intent. These four categories are further classified into three levels, depending on the situation. Level one includes signs such as the person bullying others, being rude or abusive, and uncooperative. (MORE) Level two includes the potentially violent subject stating that he feels victimized and verbalizing threats, verbalizing wanting to hurt others, frequently arguing with others, seeking revenge, and refusing to follow workplace policies. The third level of workplace violence are currently violent situations such as threatening to harm one's self or others by either physical means or using weapons, demonstration of extreme anger, or destruction of property.

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Each year, 1.6 million people worldwide lose their lives to violence. For every person who dies as a result of violence, many more are injured and suffer from a range of physical, sexual, reproductive and mental health problems. Violence is one of the leading causes of death in all parts of the world for persons ages 15 to 44. (MORE) The cost of interpersonal violence in the U.S. at more than $300 billion per year. The cost to victims was estimated at more than $500 billion per year. Combined, this is the equivalent to nearly 10% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product. U.S. National violence containment costs are over $1.7 Trillion. In the U.S., youth homicide rates are more than 10 times that of other leading industrialized nations, on par with the rates in developing countries and those experiencing rapid social and economic changes. 35% of women worldwide, more than one in three, said they had experienced violence in their lifetime, whether physical, sexual, or both. One in 10 girls under the age of 18 was forced to have sex. On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. This includes a range of behaviors (e.g. slapping, shoving, pushing) and in some cases might not be considered "domestic violence." 1 in 7 women and 1 in 25 men have been injured by an intimate partner. 1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner. Data is unavailable on male victims. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence (e.g. beating, burning, strangling) by an intimate partner in their lifetime. 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed. On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide. The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500%.Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime. Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner. 19% of domestic violence involves a weapon. Domestic victimization is correlated with a higher rate of depression and suicidal behavior. Only 34% of people who are injured by intimate partners receive medical care for their injuries. ECONOMIC IMPACT:  Victims of intimate partner violence lose a total of 8.0 million days of paid work each year. The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $8.3 billion per year. Between 21-60% of victims of intimate partner violence lose their jobs due to reasons stemming from the abuse.

• Learn about the types of workplace violence.
• Learn about the prevalence of workplace violence.
• Understand risk factors.
• Understand the warning signs of escalating behavior.
• Implement prevention in your workplace.
• Develop emergency safety plans.
• Know who to inform about incidents.

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6 pages with 51 related terms (sample
terms include):Abuse, Advocacy, Advocate, Batterer, Bullying, Child Abuse, Coercion, Confidentiality, Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse, Emotional / Psychological Abuse, Incivility, Intimidation, Non-Verbal Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Restitution, Safety Plan, Sexual Abuse, Shelter, Temporary Protection Order (TPO), Threat, Toxic Behavior, Victim

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