Management Policy Statement on employee and contractor alcohol and drug abuse.
- The company is committed to a safe, healthy and productive workplace for all employees and contractors.
- The company recognises that abuse of alcohol, drugs or other substance by an employee or contractor will impair that person's ability to work properly and safely and could have serious consequences for the safety and efficiency of other employees or contractors. Such behaviour could also damage the company's reputation with the public.
- The use, possession, distribution or sale of any illegal or unprescribed drugs or the misuse of legitimately prescribed drugs on company premises is strictly prohibited and is grounds for instant dismissal.
- Possession, consumption, distribution or sale of alcoholic beverages, save in the normal course of company trading, is strictly prohibited and is grounds for instant dismissal.
- Being unfit for work because of misuse of drugs or alcohol is strictly prohibited and is grounds for instant dismissal.
- Whilst the policy above refers specifically to alcohol and drugs, it applies to all forms of substance abuse.
- Contractors working on company premises are expected to enforce similar policies regarding alcohol and drug abuse.
Contractors working on company premises are expected to enforce similar policies regarding alcohol and drug abuse.