Question

Draw a topic from the sentence below:

Drug and /or alcohol abuse are concerns for young and middle-aged adults employed in a stressful work environment.

Answer 1

Alcohol is a depressant affect the brain and body function. It affects the skills, judgment, concentration, and coordination. There is a relationship between the employment status and the alcohol consumption. Some particular occupational groups are higher risk than the other occupations. The nature of work, work culture, workplace environment greatly influenced by employees for alcohol or drug abuse. The risk factors for drug and alcohol abuse are more common in

• More in Males rather than females.
• Mostly in the age group 15-40 years.
• More common in low skilled workers.
• Particular occupations such as mining, agriculture, construction, financial services, retail stores.

Workplace Factors:

The workplace culture influences the individual for addiction to alcohol. Additionally, the workplace environment and practices such as isolation, the extended period of work, exacerbation of work, dangerous environment, harassment, poor working environment, improper supervision, Stress, change of organization or organizational head lead to increase use of alcohol on individuals.

Performance of work:

Poor performance due to lack of safety in the work environment which results in injury. For example, working in heavy machinery. Abusers act unprofessionally towards the other colleagues. Co-workers and clients are affected by the abuser behavior. The absenteeism results in poor productivity and poor performance of the employee. Withdrawl from the job in the middle results in loss of economy of the organization.

Organizational Responsibilities:

The Organization should provide the good work environment with safety. Develop a framework for the prevention and management of alcohol-related harm with the presence of health representatives. Provide support, supervision, co-operation to the employees. Develop an alcohol policy and approach to risk management. Provide adequate training services based on the individual needs. Provide periodical counseling to the employees.