Health & Safety Act April 2016 – Workplace Drug And Alcohol Testing Has Never Been More Important

The passing of the new Health & Safety Act on the 4th of April 2016 could be a game changer for some companies.  This Act applies to ALL businesses whether large or small. The purpose of the Act is to ensure all organisations take responsibility of their Health & Safety and show that they are doing everything within their control to create a safe working environment.  This includes identifying hazards, eliminating or isolating them.

This is the responsibility of the PCBU (Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking) which is anybody who can exercise significant influence over the management of the business, such as CEO’s etc. Penalties have increased for non-compliance and accidents, serious injury or death.  These penalties can go right up to $3,000,000 for a corporate body, so now is the best time for companies to get drug and alcohol testing implemented in their workplace, if they haven’t done so already.

To implement this they can call Sober Check on 0800 700 777 to discuss their requirements around policy, procedures, NZQA training and different drug and alcohol testing options.

Sober Check have been industry leaders in the supply of drug and alcohol testing equipment for over 10 years so they really have drug and alcohol testing covered. They strive to make drug and alcohol testing easier and more cost effective to provide companies with New Zealand’s largest range. Sober Check are uncompromising on quality and compliance to New Zealand and Australian standards, ensuring their customers get quality products, consistently on time  and it’s freight free.

Sober Check continually source products globally from reputable suppliers, ranging from breathalysers  to alcohol interlocks and monitoring equipment and an extensive range of drug testers for a large variety of applications. They offer products, policy and training to ensure companies are compliant to Health & Safety requirements so for more information on Sober Check please visit the website at http://www.sobercheck.co.nz .