It seems that every business has at least one workers compensation horror story about an employee who is a new hire or low in tenure that had a costly accident. If you look at your company’s workers compensation loss runs, there is a good chance that you will find employees with less than two-years tenure account for 20% or more of your workers compensation total claim count and total cost.
As America’s economy recovers, businesses will need to hire more people to meet the demand for their products and services. However, hiring people who are drug users will result in higher workers compensation premiums for many years.
For example, according to results of a NIDA-sponsored survey, drug-using employees are: 2.2 times more likely to request early dismissal or time off; 2.5 times more likely to have absences of 8 days or more; 3 times more likely to be late for work; 3.6 times more likely to be involved in a workplace accident; and 5 times more likely to file a WC claim.
To assist you in managing this loss exposure, Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. is offering a series of four free webcasts on Risk Management Strategies In a Recovering Economy.
The third webcast addresses Legal Liability Created by Employee Drug Use & strategies for Creating a Drug Free Workplace.
You must register before the day of the Webcast to attend this FREE event that will help reduce your company's Workers Compensation premiums!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
1-hour Webcast
Speakers
Mark Lies, Labor Attorney, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Mark is a Labor and Employment attorney and partner with Seyfarth Shaw. His primary practice areas involve occupational safety and health law and employment law, including single plaintiff and class-action litigation and counseling. In Mark’s occupational safety and health law practice he has represented employers on a national basis in complying with occupational safety and health regulations, as well as representing employers during OSHA inspections, OSHA citation enforcement proceedings and trial of OSHA cases before federal and state agencies and appeals to federal and state court.
Mirna Freitag, President, Midwest Occupational Health Management Services
Ms. Freitag has extensive experience in Occupational health and has worked within the drug and alcohol testing industry for over 20 years, specializing in the management of substance abuse testing programs for employers nationwide. Midwest Occupational Health Management Serves, Inc., is a company dedicated to Consortia/third Party Administrator (C/TPA) services, which manages the practices and guidelines of quality drug and alcohol testing.
