Empire Consulting
Our Services
Empire Consulting offers training that focuses on your policies and the rights of the employees.
Our approach to educating supervisors and employees is straight forward and is done in open forum to give each person involved an understanding of the consequences of drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace.
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Our Services / Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training
Empire Consulting offers several training classes to meet the requirements as stated in the DOT 49CFR Part 40 – Reasonable Suspicion Training, Annual Supervisor Meeting and Annual Employee Meetings. Our approach to educating supervisors and employees is straight forward and is done in open forum to give each person involved an understanding of the consequences of drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace. We teach the warning signs of drug and alcohol abuse and guide you through the process of removing an employee that could be using drugs or alcohol during the work period or at unsafe level in their personal life. Our emphasis is on knowing the laws and reducing your liabilities associated with the removal of employee at your place of business. Making an assessment and the right decision in highly sensitive area regarding drug or alcohol abuse is the responsibility of your companies HR department, with a concern for your employee’s rights. Empire Consulting offers training that focuses on your policies and the rights of the employees to ensure proper procedures are followed to reduce the liabilities of all parties involved. All our training is done at your place of business and can be scheduled at convenient times to get the maximum training necessary. We can also provide drug and alcohol awareness seminars for your entire company during trade functions, corporate sales meetings or conventions. Call us or contact us to schedule a training class or an awareness program that suits your needs.
Do you know the signs and symptoms of common drugs? Review our list to learn what to watch for.
Empire Consulting, LLC. on-site training seminars are based on proven and validated procedures that identify the drug and alcohol impaired person. The seminars will empower members of your organization with the skills, knowledge and ability to recognize and take appropriate action when encountering the suspected substance abuser in the workplace.
All supervisor and employee training sessions are conducted on site. Supervisors are trained in drug and alcohol recognition.
Employees are educated in:
- Company Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Drug and Alcohol Awareness
- Consequences of a Positive Test
Regardless of your organization's moral, legal, or business motives, providing Empire Consulting training will send these distinct messages to the employees and patrons of your business:
- Alcohol and drug abuse within your organization will not be tolerated.
- "Casual" abusers of drugs and alcohol will be put on notice that their employer treats this problem seriously and it's time to alter this behavior if they wish to continue their employment.
- "Chronic" abusers will be put on notice that their continued employment will be in jeopardy, and it is in their own best interest to seek assistance for their problem before their drug and alcohol abuse is recognized by their employer.
Training seminars educate your employees about the effects and consequences of substance abuse on personal health and safety in the workplace and home. Furthermore, all employees receive information about the manifestations and behavioral signs that may indicate substance abuse.
Management and supervisory personnel receive detailed training about specific signs and symptoms of the drugs of abuse. Additionally, within the standard of "reasonable cause" or "reasonable suspicion", management and supervisory personnel receive practice proven techniques in documenting, assessing and constructively confronting the suspected drug-impaired employee. All training is done on-site.
Specifically, training will consist of:
- Explaining the effects and consequences of controlled substance use on personal health, safety and the work environment.
- Information about the manifestation and behavioral causes that may indicate controlled substance use or abuse.
- Documentation of training given to employees and supervisory personnel. Empire Consulting seminars for managers, supervisors and employees exceed all federal requirements.
- Explaining the effects and consequences of controlled substance use on personal health, safety and the work environment.
- Information about the manifestation and behavioral causes that may indicate controlled substance use or abuse.
- Documentation of training given to employees and supervisory personnel.
Empire Consulting seminars for managers, supervisors and employees exceed all federal requirements.
Terminology
An illicit drug is any chemical or mixture of chemicals not required for the maintenance of health that alters biologic function or structure. The term applies primarily to illegal medications. Abuse is the self-administration of any drug in a manner sufficient to cause adverse consequences to the user. As abuse continues, a pattern of addiction may develop. Addiction is a behavioral pattern characterized by an overwhelming, compulsive involvement with use of a drug and the securing of its supply as well as a high tendency toward relapse after use of the drug is discontinued. Although tolerance, dependence, or both are often present, they are not synonymous with addiction, which is a specific pattern involving a physical and psychological need (craving) for the substance and continual compulsive use despite adverse consequences.
The pleasurable effects of an illicit drug serve as positive reinforcement for the user to continue to self-administer the drug. The neurochemical basis of this reward is thought to be a consequence of the drug's effects on neurotransmission and may involve a common enhancement of dopamine in the central nervous system (CNS).
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How to spot abuse
Illicit drug abuse remains a significant health problem in the United States. Therefore, it is important for supervisors to be aware of clinical signs and symptoms of drug abuse as well as common behavioral patterns of users. Knowledge of the basic terminology of drug abuse can help clarify the powerful influence illicit drugs have on users.
