There is a 5 percent (5%) workers’ compensation insurance premium discount for those employers who establish a drug-free workplace on the job.

Virginia Law states: § 65.2-813.2. Every insurer providing coverage pursuant to this title shall provide a premium discount of up to five percent to every employer instituting and               maintaining a drug-free workplace program satisfying such criteria as each insurer may establish.

The Law requires that a program must contain all of the following elements:

1. A written substance abuse policy. We will provide you with a simple “Fill-in-Blank” substance abuse policy. This policy covers all aspects of Virginia’s Drug Free Workplace Law.
2. A substance abuse testing program.  You must conduct pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident testing. We will assist you with locating a drug testing facility in your area.
3. Employee Assistance Program. You must provide and EAP or some means of posting treatment facilities in your area. We will provide you with an updated list of treatment facilities in your area.
4. Employee education.  You must provide two hours of employee drug free workplace education per year.  We will provide you with our monthly employee training newsletter.  The newsletter provides ten minutes of education per month and provides a total of two hours of employee drug education.
5. Supervisor training.  You must provide two hours of supervisor drug free workplace education per year on how to recognize and document drug abuse in the workplace.  We will provide you with a free supervisor training DVD.

Your membership also includes:

• Step-by-Step Guide to implementing a drug-free workplace.
• Reasonable suspicion determination checklist for supervisors.
• Free Drugs Don’t Work posters, window and door stickers.
• Free legal updates on policy changes.
• Free drug-free workplace consultation and assistance in completing the application for certification.
• Access to our drug-free workplace DVD library.

Additional Newsletters:

• Employee training newsletter in Spanish.
• Supervisor training newsletter.

Virginia State contractors and grant recipients are required by law to maintain a drug free workplace program: § 2.2-4312. Drug-free workplace to be maintained by contractor; required contract provisions.All public bodies shall include in every contract over $10,000 the following provisions:During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees to (i) provide a drug-free workplace for the contractor’s employees; (ii) post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance or marijuana is prohibited in the contractor’s workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition; (iii) state in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor that the contractor maintains a drug-free workplace; and (iv) include the provisions of the foregoing clauses in every subcontract or purchase order of over $10,000, so that the provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor.For the purposes of this section, “drug-free workplace” means a site for the performance of work done in connection with a specific contract awarded to a contractor in accordance with this chapter, the employees of whom are prohibited from engaging in the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession or use of any controlled substance or marijuana during the performance of the contract.