Employer Guide

For the owner or manager of a business that has hired somebody in recovery, or is about to, and for the supervisor who works with that person every day.

It covers what federal law says about addiction, recovery, alcohol, medication, drug testing, criminal records, and leave, in broad strokes from a business owner, with the sources in the back and the cases where you call your employment lawyer. It shows how to write the standards down and put a name on each one, what to do when somebody seems impaired at work, and how to end employment lawfully. It ends with a one-page workplace plan to keep with your policies.

A person in recovery is held to the same standard as everyone else, and paid the same. This book is general information, not legal advice.