What happens to an employee who tests positive?

This is one of the most important parts of your policy.

A screening test for drugs may be positive and laboratory confirmation is required for a full positive result to be confirmed.

At all times, privacy and confidentiality of the employee must be maintained.

In managing positive results key points for employers to consider are:

• It may be necessary to remove an employee from the immediate environment and moved to a less risky area
• Whether an employee is stood down (with or without pay)
• Whether an employee continues in their current role until the result is returned from the laboratory
• The need for assessment and reporting on the nature of the abuse with follow-up recommendations for action provided by an expert Medical Review Officer
• Whether counselling and rehabilitation will be provided once a full positive result is confirmed