News & Views
Impairment - Drugs and Alcohol
Impairment can be the result of any number of factors, including stress, fatigue and workplace conditions. The issue of impairment caused by drugs and/or alcohol, however, is one that has been in the media lately.
Reps attending this afternoon workshop heard presentations from:
- Jack Walsh, Business Manager - Drug Testing, Siemens Medical Solutions
- Associate Professor John Fitzgerald, VicHealth Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health and Society, University of Melbourne
- Trevor Sharp, Building Trades Drug and Alcohol Program
- Brendon Gale, CEO AFL Players’ Association
- Steve Baltas, Manager, Strategic Policy Branch VWA
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Alcohol in the Workplace - VWA Policy
Steve Baltas spoke on when alcohol in the workplace becomes an OHS issue, and WorkSafe Victoria's Alcohol in the Workplace policy.
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Building Trades Unions Drug & Alcohol Program
Trevor Sharp spoke about the Building Trades Group of Unions National Drug and Alcohol Program. Establihed in 1989, the successful program focusses on Safety, Education, Peer Intervention and Harm Reduction. [download] -
Testing in today's society
Associate Professor John Fitzgerald, from the University of Melbourne, spoke about the areas in society where testing is going on, and some of the reasons this might be happening. [download]