Why Pre-Employment Drug Testing is Needed

Employee productivity and healthy professional				absenteeism of employees.
environment needs to be maintained at any				Reduces Disciplinary Actions
organization to ensure sustained growth and profit.				Pre-employment testing helps filter out future
Pre-employment drug testing helps organization				employees who abuse drugs that can become
maintain integrity, discipline, professionalism etc at				detrimental to the growth of organization. By
workplace by ensuring a drug free environment.				filtering out such employees, organizations can
Pre-employment drug testing has become				ensure that there will be less workplace conflicts,
important process in many organizations as it				accidents, unscrupulous behavior etc. Thus, the
helps to prevent employees who abuse drugs				management of the organization will have to take
from joining the organization. Thus, it helps save				less disciplinary action against employees. There
costs that are lost in employee health care and				will be less disciplinary action taken as there will be
compensation given to drug abusing employees.				very few employees who abuse drugs.
Reasons:				Reduces Losses Due To Absenteeism, Theft, and
Pre-employment drug testing plays an important				Fraud
role to ensure safe and secure workplace				Employees who abuse drugs are likely to get
environment.				indulged in workplace conflicts, absenteeism, theft,
Safety				fraud etc which means significant losses for
The organizations has to make sure that the				organization. These losses can be in terms of
workplace environment is free from any kind of				damage to equipments, machinery, vehicles,
addiction related accidents, injuries, crimes etc.				property etc. Conducting pre-employment drug
Pre-employment testing for drugs increases the				testing can help reduce these losses by removing
safety at the job and maintains safe and secure				drug abusing employees.
environment. A future employee with addiction				To Increase Productivity
problems can be found by performing				Drug free and healthy work environment
pre-employment testing and stopped from joining				promotes positive traits like productivity,
the organization. As pre-employment testing				professionalism, discipline, integrity etc. Drug
ensures that only productive and efficient				abusing employee decreases productivity,
employees join the organization, it can get				corrupts workplace environment, promotes
assured that Federal work-safety guidelines are				negative traits, and unprofessional behavior.
followed by its employees.				Pre-employment drug testing ensures that there
Helps In Effective Hiring Decision Making				is healthier working environment. A healthier
The companies suffer a loss of several thousand				workplace environment means increased
dollars every year for hiring a drug using				employee productivity and quality of work
employee. The pre-employment testing for drugs				thereby increasing the profits of organization. Also,
helps in making effective hiring decision as				it is notice that removing drug addicted
companies can eliminate future employees who				employees improves productivity of other
abuse drugs at the screening stage itself. So, the				employees and reduces workplace accidents.
organizations finds it easier not to hire a person				Pre-employment testing for drugs is an effective
who abuses drugs than spending on health				tool to maintain a drug free and healthy
insurance premiums, training, and compensation on				environment at workplace, enhance employee
later date.				productivity etc. The company can significantly
To Reduce Absenteeism				reduce health costs towards medical treatment of
Employees who abuse drugs suffer from illnesses,				drug abusing employees due to addiction related
injuries, depression etc that affects their				workplace accidents and illnesses. Recruitment
productivity, punctuality, presence at workplace.				costs towards hiring, firing, and training can also be
They frequently remain absent from their work.				saved as drug abusing employees can be filtered
Pre-employment drug testing can help point out				out through pre-employment drug testing.
such employees who abuse drugs and reduce