EMPLOYER TOOLKIT
What is substance misuse in your workforce costing you?
Try the National Safety Council’s Substance Use Cost Calculator for Employers
Then explore the resources below to address this issue.
Substance Use and the Workplace
About These Resources
In the past ten years, persons employed in the trades and service industries made up 65% of opioid overdose fatalities on Cape Cod. The Barnstable County Department of Human Services has produced an Employer Toolkit to help employers determine how substance use is impacting their bottom-line in terms of lost productivity and increased labor costs and employee health and wellness. The Toolkit provides information and tools to help employers address substance use in their workforce. Download the Employer Tookit flyer here to share with others.
Table of Contents
Section 1. General Information on Substance Use
Section 2. Workplace Policies: Injury Prevention
Section 3. Workplace Policies: Benefits and Employee Assistance
Section 4. The Law and Substance Use
Section 5. Additional Resources and Information
Section 1. General Information on Substance Use
Section 2. Workplace Policies: Injury Prevention
Section 3. Workplace Policies: Benefits and Employee Assistance
3.1 An Employers Guide to Workplace Substance Abuse
3.2a The Proactive Role Employers Can Take: Opioids in the Workplace
3.2b Request an Employer Toolkit NSC
3.3 Plan and Implement a Drug-Free Workplace Program
- Develop a Drug-Free Policy in the Workplace (SAMHSA)
- Drug and Alcohol Policy (SHRM, Oct. 2018) (Sample) .docx
- Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy (AADT, 2016) (Sample) .docx
3.4 Benefits Toolkit: Addressing Opioids in the Workplace (Sample)
Section 4. The Law and Substance Use
4.1 Opioid Epidemic & Workplaces: Summary of Employment Law Considerations
4.2 Employment Law Presentation and Sample Policies (Courtesy of Hirsch Roberts Weinstein, LLP)
- Massachusetts Sick Time Policy (Sample)
- Massachusetts Substance Use Policy (Sample)
- Last Chance Agreement (Sample)
- Reasonable Accommodation Policy (Sample)
Are you concerned about yourself or someone else?
Resources
Massachusetts Substance Use
Information and Education Helpline
www.helpline-online.com
800-327-5050 (confidential)
Substance Use Resources and Information for Cape Cod
www.mychoicematters.net/find-help
Booklet
Gosnold on CapeCod
Learn to Cope
Parents Supporting Parents
Parents-Supporting-Parents
Facebook
Opioid Overdose Education and
Naloxone Training
Naloxone can temporarily reverse the effects of an opiate overdose
Training and Naloxone Distribution
- AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod free
www.asgcc.org - Learn to Cope free
www.learn2cope.org
Naloxone (“Narcan”)
Narcane can be purchased from pharmacies (cost is based on insurance; no prescription is needed; call ahead)
Mashpee Substance Use Drop-In Night
Connect to support and treatment
First Tuesday of every month at Mashpee Public Library- 4-7pm free
