PRESENCE OF DRUG SCREENING AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS - EXCLUSIVE AND INCLUSIVE HUMAN-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES

Drug screening and employee assistance programs (EAPs) are human resou rce management practices for addressing substance abuse among employee s. The two practices reflect different human resource management strat egies and lead to different outcomes for employees and applicants. Dru g screening is designed to exclude drug users from the workplace where as EAPs offer them 'rehabilitation'. Characteristics of worksites and their surrounding labor market may influence the presence or absence o f these personnel practices. The results suggest that, when controllin g for number of employees, economic sector, industry, and union presen ce, worksites with low turnover and in areas with high unemployment ra tes are more likely to engage in pre-employment drug screening, while worksites with low turnover more often provide an EAP.