Drug, booze abuse rising in workplaces, Roseburg News Review, March 17, 2008.
5/20/08: Medford chamber hosts Economic Impact of Substance Abuse in Oregon Employer Breakfast Forum. Download flyer.
2/28/08: $5.9 Billion: Time for an Intervention, Medford Mail Tribune, Feb. 17, 2008.
1/16/08: The Economic Impact of Substance Abuse: A Conference for Policymakers, Kaiser Town Hall, Portland. Download The Economic Costs of Alcohol & Drug Abuse in Oregon in 2006 by ECONorthwest and Medical Marijuana: The Need for a Legislative Solution by Paula Barran, Barran Liebman. Download Conference Statistics or View conference photos.
1/16/08: Pacific Power funding will support WDFO pilot sites and Jan. 16 conference to raise awareness of economic impact of substance abuse. Download the press release.
News Archives
8/9/07: Drug-Free Workplace Policies: How to Protect Your Business & Employees, an interactive training by Karen O’Connor, Barran Liebman Attorneys, 1-4 pm, Oct. 18 or 23, Clackamas Community College. Sponsored by Portland Metro Chambers of Commerce Business Excellence Consortium. Download the flyer.
8/02/07: For Immediate Release: Role of Business Topic of East County Workdrugfree series Aug. 8
Gresham, Ore.- How business can reduce the risks of substance-abusing employees and help stem the demand for drugs in East County is the second topic in a three-part series sponsored by a partnership of six East County business organizations and Workdrugfree Oregon. Download full release here.
7/20/07: For Immediate Release: Local Business Organizations to Address Drugs in the Workplace
Gresham, Ore.- A partnership of East County business organizations have scheduled a three-part series to address the impact of drugs on business and how businesses can reduce the costs and risks of substance-abusing employees. Download full release here.
7/13/07:
Jackson County Oregon Employer Council Drugfree Workplace Trainings - Sept. 17-18th. Download the PDF
Josephine County Oregon Employer Council Drugfree Workplace Trainings - Sept. 17-18th. Download the PDF
6/27/07: Supervisor Skills Training on Workplace Behavior Problems: The Challenge of Substance Abusers by Jerry Gjesvold, Serenity Lane, 8 am – Noon, Tues., Sept. 25, NW Natural, Portland. Cost $75. Register here
6/13/07: Oregon Employers Expanding Number of Drugfree Worksites, a guest opinion by Bob Nikkel, Oregon Dept. of Human Services and Sid Smith, President, Forest Grove Lumber is available for download here.
5/25/07: Workdrugfree completed its Spring 2007 round of employer-delivered classroom presentations on company drug and alcohol policy and impact of substance abuse on employment. Presenters in its Improving Student Understanding of Drugs in the Workplace high school program included Gary Baysinger, Gunderson (for Barlow HS); Janice Chandler, PCC Structurals (for Parkrose HS), and Mattison Schilling, Oregon Chain (for Meek Prof-Tech HS in Portland).
11/20/06: Workdrugfree co-sponsors Oregon Business Plan Pre-Leadership Summit on The Coming Labor Shortage: What it Means for Oregon and Essential Strategies for your Business to Compete. Don Skundrick, VP, LTM Inc and Chair, Workdrugfree Employer Task Group will serve as one of six business panelists addressing strategies for tapping underutilized talent and stabilizing the current workforce.
10/23/06: Seven more business groups sign up for OBP drug-free workplace initiative. A statewide initiative aimed at tripling the number of Oregon employers who adopt and enforce drug-free workplace policies by the end of 2008.
9/27/06: A-dec, Inc., Cascade Corporation, PacifiCorp and Precision Castparts fund statewide employer survey. Workdrugfree thanks corporate donors for supporting a statewide survey conducted this fall by Oregon Employment Department on extent of drugfree workplace program implementation by Oregon employers.
6/26/06 - State opens effort to triple number of drug-free workplaces by 2008. Bend, Klamath County and Prineville-Crook County chambers of commerce have been named Workdrugfree pilot sites in the Oregon Business Plan initiative.
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