Drug and Alcohol Testing, Policy and Support
Drug and Alcohol workplace testing: practice and compliance
Time: 11:00 - 11:45| FREE
When: Thursday, 13th March '25
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(If you can't attend the live event, we can send a link post event to watch the recording. Cost: £50 + VAT - please contact registrations@bfi.co.uk)
Workplaces in 2025 are increasingly under scrutiny from a range of parties; employers need to demonstrate the culture promotes respect, inclusion and safety.
Substance abuse at work can cause real issues, ranging from accidents, absenteeism, high turnover and violence, injuries, decreased productivity and a reputation for allowing a toxic work environment.
Employers are increasingly exploring workplace drug testing to maintain safety and compliance for employees and colleagues alike, but the legal, ethical and sheer range of testing methods can be overwhelming. We'll simplify things and answer all your questions in the special extended webinar.
We are accepting questions before and during the broadcast. Please send your questions to elizabeth.smith@bfi.co.uk.
Schedule
Introduction and welcome
Elizabeth Smith
Director of Research , Business Forums International Ltd. (BFI)
Elizabeth is director of research and a founding co-director at Business Forums International. She is responsible for all programme content and writing, and researches current areas of interest for senior HR professionals in large organisations. BFI is the UK’s leading HR risk specialist conference and training provider, delivering key and timely information to over 3,000 delegates a year both through public and in-house training courses. Before founding BFI in 1996, Elizabeth specialised in researching corporate financial programmes in Asia and the Middle East, based in Dubai. She also worked in advertising and publishing in the Middle East and London. Elizabeth was educated in the West Indies, Saudi Arabia and Belgium before reading Modern Languages at Durham University. She is currently developing an online training course for line managers to raise awareness of menopause symptoms and ways that employers can work to make their workplaces more inclusive.
Panel: Workplace Drug Testing
As workplaces take proactive steps to reform culture to prioritise personal choices, employee wellbeing and safety are also in the spotlight.
We examine how to improve workplace safety and the role of drug testing in 2025. What are the best methodologies for which situations? What are the legal considerations? How is the technology evolving? What must you do to ensure your policy, maintaining integrity during testing and how to interpret and act on results as well as a round up of the latest treatments available for workplaces of all sizes.
Sponsored session: Case study from the family law sector
- Legal and illegal drugs: what's the scope of the issue?
- Why we need to test
- Overview of current drug testing practices
- Types of available drug tests and what to use when
- Collecting, handling and storing samples
- Interpreting and actioning results