| Employee drug testing has gained significant | | | | The employee drug testing effectively eliminates |
| importance in organizations as it helps to find out | | | | the drug addicted employees and cleans the |
| drug abuse problems among employees. | | | | system. Thus, getting rid of such employee can |
| Maintaining a drug free environment fosters | | | | save significant amount of money given by |
| employee productivity, professionalism, and | | | | company towards health insurance premiums and |
| prevents absenteeism, addiction related crime, | | | | other health costs. The addicted employees |
| accidents, and injuries. Conducting pre-employment | | | | suffer from sudden mood swings and irrational |
| and random employee drug testing keeps a check | | | | behavior patterns that can result in work place |
| on addiction and ensures prevailing of a safe and | | | | accidents. The company can save health costs |
| productive work environment. | | | | towards medical treatment of such employees |
| Safety at Work Place | | | | due to workplace accidents and illnesses that |
| The organizations that conduct employee drug | | | | occur due to addiction. Organizations can also save |
| testing can ensure that the work environment is | | | | on recruitment costs towards hiring, firing, and |
| free from any form of addiction related crimes, | | | | training as employee drug testing ensures that |
| injures, and accidents. Employee drug testing | | | | present and future employees are drug abuse |
| increases the safety at the job and maintains a | | | | free. |
| safe and secure environment. Conducting | | | | Helps In Maintaining Integrity and Discipline |
| pre-employment drug testing can prevent | | | | Drug free environment in organizations is a |
| addicted persons from joining the organization and | | | | nurturing habitat for positive qualities like integrity, |
| spoil the working environment. Random employee | | | | discipline, professionalism, productivity etc. |
| drug testing prevents existing employees to | | | | Removing addicted employees ensures that there |
| abuse to any kind of drug before coming to | | | | will be less workplace conflicts, unscrupulous |
| workplace. | | | | behavior at workplaces. Removing addicted |
| Improves Productivity and Quality of Work | | | | employees will also send a message across other |
| Employee productivity and professional | | | | employees that company has zero tolerance |
| environment is important for any business | | | | towards addiction. This helps to ensure that there |
| establishment. Drug abuse is a potential threat to | | | | is harmonious environment where integrity and |
| any organization as it hampers the employee | | | | discipline is maintained. |
| productivity and encourages negative traits and | | | | Employee drug testing can be effectively |
| unprofessional behavior. Detecting drug abuse | | | | performed in organizations using saliva testing, |
| among present and future employees will lead to | | | | urine testing and hair follicle testing. Saliva testing |
| a healthier working environment. A healthier | | | | is non-invasive and provides instant results. Urine |
| environment will increase the productivity and | | | | testing is done using test strips and provides |
| quality of work thereby increasing the profits of | | | | accurate and reliable results. The hair follicle testing |
| organization. It has been found that doing away | | | | is non-invasive and performed in laboratories. It |
| with employees prone to addiction significantly | | | | plays an important part in employee drug testing |
| improves productivity in organization and reduces | | | | as it can give drug abuse history for much longer |
| accidents. | | | | period of time. |
| Reduces Health Costs of Company | | | | |