Labor Department Celebrates Drug-Free Work Week

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) wants to remind employers and employees that the second annual Drug-Free Work Week is Oct. 14-20, 2007.  The purpose of Drug-Free Work Week is to highlight the fact that working drug free is key to protecting workplace safety and to encourage workers with alcohol and drug problems to seek help. 

The true spirit of Drug-Free Work Week lies in activities conducted by individual employers and their employees, and DOL’s Working Partners Web site offers a number of specific suggestions on how organizations can participate. Working Partners also is distributing various educational materials, including drug-free workplace fact sheets, “tool box talks” for construction sites, and posters and stickers with the slogan “Working Drug Free Works.”  These, and other helpful materials, are available on the Working Partners Web site. 

DOL encourages organizations to seize the exciting educational opportunity that Drug-Free Work Week presents--this week, and all year long.  Those who observe the week and conduct activities, however small in scope, are encouraged to let Working Partners know to assist in planning for next year’s Drug-Free Work Week.

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