{"id":450,"date":"2014-01-08T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roofingmagazine.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2014-01-26T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T18:35:07","slug":"impacts-substance-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roofingmagazine.com\/impacts-substance-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Impacts of Substance Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Studies show an estimated 10 percent of U.S. employees have a chemical dependency, costing employers upwards of $100 billion each year. The most basic losses are attributed to the fact that, on average, an employee who partakes in substance abuse provides approximately two-thirds of the productivity of a sober employee.<\/p>\n

Look at it this way: A worker\u2019s salary is the price a business pays for the worker\u2019s contribution to the company. If his or her salary is, for example, $60,000 per year but he or she is only contributing two-thirds of what the employer is paying because of the impacts of substance abuse, the company is looking at a loss of $20,000 each year for a single employee.<\/p>\n

In addition, the on-the-job productivity losses don\u2019t include extended behaviors. Other statistics show employees with substance-abuse issues:<\/p>\n