Worker’s compensation insurance is an important part of ensuring a safe working environment. It provides relief to workers who are involved in workplace accidents, and it protects your business from lost productivity. But worker’s compensation claims are expensive, and as an employer you owe it to yourself to make sure that your employees are physically up to the job.

There’s nothing quite like making a great new hire, and that’s never been as true as it is right now! It was already hard enough to find good people before the pandemic, but employers must now often limit their hours and services until they get fully staffed.

If you’re in the Human Resources profession, you probably spend a lot of time wondering what your prospective employees aren’t including on their resumes. If they don’t have anything to hide, they might simply be leaving irrelevant experience out to make their resumes easier to review quickly. But if they left a job under questionable circumstances they’re going to gloss over that part of their career on their resume. Sometimes they’re just going to leave it off entirely.

Drug abuse is an epidemic in our society with no end in sight. It leads to premature deaths, and it tears families apart. As an employer, you have a fiduciary responsibility to your employees and your clients to maintain a safe and drug-free workplace. Employees under the influence of drugs are statistically more likely to miss work, steal, or be involved in a workplace accident. A pre-employment screening is standard procedure for most high stakes jobs, and a random screening program is an effective way to protect your investment in your employees on a long-term basis. Many companies also provide health care benefits and assistance for employees who are struggling with drug and alcohol programs.