Posts Tagged ‘signs-and-symptoms’
Signs & Symptoms Checklist
Signs and Symptoms Checklist for Reasonable Suspicion Cases
Careful records of behaviors on a signs and symptoms checklist for reasonable suspicion cases can help ensure that your company is not left vulnerable to a lawsuit.
By taking time to note the behaviors leading to the need for a reasonable suspicion test you will be helping to ensure that you are prepared for the confrontation, and that there is no other reason for the employee’s behavior. Your checklist should contain a section for noting the general nature of the incident or the cause for concern/suspicion; a section for noting disruptive or abnormal behavior; a section for noting any physical signifiers or symptoms notices; and lastly room for a summation paragraph. Read the rest of this entry »
Identification Mistakes
How to Avoid Making Reasonable Suspicion Identification Mistakes
The area of reasonable suspicion in the workplace can be complicated for supervisors.
How do you uphold company policy without making reasonable suspicion identification mistakes that lead to a lawsuit? The key to proper behavior in reasonable suspicion cases is to leave behind the idea of ‘going with your gut’, or of ‘playing a hunch’. In reasonable suspicion cases it is not enough to have a hunch. Although you do not have to have ‘proof’ before requiring a drug or alcohol test, you must have documentation of performance related issues connected to the suspicion of the employee. Read the rest of this entry »
