Your Hidden Costs
The Hidden Costs & The Facts

Only a handful of businesses have taken the precaution of protecting
themselves from legal action which could cost them dearly or even bankrupt them!

Are you Aware?

• That 70% of drug takers are employed.(1)
• An employer could be found in breach of the general duty of care to provide a safe workplace that is free from hazards if injury or harm is suffered as a result of alcohol or other drug use.
• In addition there is specific industry legislation that requires employers to ensure that employees are not affected by drugs or alcohol while they are at work. (2)
• Drug taking costs Australian businesses over $ 14.9 billion dollars per year!
  

These costs are in:

• Increased employee absenteeism (66 percent higher absenteeism among drug users) (4)
• Costs in accidents and damages (5 times more likely to file a workers' compensation claim) (4)
• Losses due to employee theft/fraud (disciplinary actions are 90 percent higher among drug users) (4)
• Increased Insurance premiums(4)
• Litigation
• The International Labour Organisation estimates that 15% of all fatal workplace accidents and 25% of all workplace accidents are drug related.

The Real Costs of Substance Abuse to your Company

The national average estimate for the cost of substance abuse to a company per user is $7,000 in lost productivity, accidents, absenteeism and replacing fired and suspended employees.

Use the following formula to estimate the cost of employee substance abuse in your business:

Estimate the percentage of your total number of employees that use drugs. (The national US average is 17 percent.)
Multiply that by the national average cost per substance abuser ($7,000).
The result is the annual cost of substance abuse within your company.

For example take a mid size operation of 300 workers, 17% of them take drugs, that is 51, multiply that by $7000 = $356,700 per annum! (5)

That is a lot of bottom line that you are losing, many of these are hidden costs and only become apparent once a drug strategy is put in place.

Substance abuse costs you money!

Some More Facts:

Abusers are:

• 2.5 times more likely to use 8 or more days of employee sick time (5)
• 3.6 times more likely to be involved in accidents (5)
• 5 times more likely to file a workers' compensation claim (5)
• 3 times more likely to be late for work (5)
• 2.2 times more likely to require early dismissal (5)
• 3 times more likely to abuse sick benefits (5)

Protecting your business need not be a nightmare, remember your life and the lives of others may depend on it, and it is Clinical Medical Marketings purpose to provide you with SOLUTIONS..

Our products give you peace of mind that you are taking steps to provide a safer workplace with fewer acccidents & a happier workforce with the benefits of increased savings and production.

What are the benefits to substance abuse testing?

• In-field drug screening minimises the impact on your production
• Fewer accidents - Increase the safety of your workplace
• Fewer disciplinary actions
• Reduced losses due to absenteeism, theft, and fraud
• Reduced insurance costs from insurance claims & increased premiums
• Decreased legal costs and costs of hiring and training new employees
• Earlier identification and resolution of problems affecting job performance
• Boost the productivity of your work force
• Improve employee morale and lower employee absenteeism
• Reduce costs related to drug abusing employees and ultimately increase your company's profits

These FDA approved products are not expensive, there is no urine handling, they are non intrusive and non threatening to non-drug users. Results are presented within minutes and can be administered easily at any time, they provide a real deterrent and threat to drug abusers in the work place.

We invite you to call us tell you more about our amazing products or to discuss what we can do for your company, from supplying these simple & cheap devices to implementing a complete drug strategy.

We have Strategy Planners to help you construct your own drug strategy to immediately start safeguarding your business.

Some businesses think that they cannot afford to implement a cohesive drug strategy, our question to you is: Can you afford not to?

Talk to us - it is cheaper than you think.

References: 1. International Business Scholl Bad Homberger Akademie 2.Department of Consumer & Employment Protection 3.Chamber of Mines and Energy of Western Australia
4.Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) 5. Office of National Drug Control Policy