Here's How Your Business Should Manage Employee Substance Abuse Problems

As a small business entrepreneur, it’s your responsibility to deal with employees when they aren’t meeting your professional standards and when they aren’t following the rules. Things get even more complicated when they’re in suspected violation of both.

Most businesses have some kind of policy on substance abuse, whether it’s the strict prohibition of illegal substance abuse or a simple policy to come to work sober. When you suspect that an employee may be violating these rules, it’s often difficult to tell with certainty, and even more difficult to broach the subject in a tactful, productive, and fair way.

Here's How Your Business Should Manage Employee Substance Abuse Problems