Drug and Alcohol Policy Webinar
Drug and Alcohol policy: reviewing your workplace culture to improve safety, respect and wellbeing
Time: 11:00 - 12:00| FREE
When: Thursday, 13th March '25
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Workplaces in 2025 are increasingly under cultural scrutiny from a range of parties; is your culture promoting 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.
Learn from our decades of experience and experts in this area and explore the changes you can make to attract and retain the best talent, as well as get the most out of your existing workforce.
We are accepting questions before and during the broadcast. Please send your questions to elizabeth.smith@bfi.co.uk.
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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 risk analysis
A panel of HR practitioners will analyse the risks faced by UK companies, the role alcohol plays in our workplace culture and how that translates into an inclusive environment, and how workplaces can take proactive steps to reforming culture to prioritise personal choices, employee wellbeing and promote a healthier safer work environment.