ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE AT THE WORKPLACE: THE ROLES OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE

Muzaffar Syah Mallow
Dr., Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Syariah & Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM),
Bandar Baru Nilai, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus, Malaysia
Email: muzaffarsyah.mallow@yahoo.com 

Abstract

Taking any kinds of illegal substance like drug at the workplace is a serious kind of misconduct which can immediately lead to dismissal from the workplace. It is not only been consider as a serious misconduct, it is also can be consider as a crime to take such illegal substance in the country. The country long stand against any illegal substance abuse like drug is very clear. There are many existing laws in the country particularly labor laws which require all parties in a workplace to behave professionally and be respectful to the work ethics. Taking illegal substance like drug and becoming drug abuser will change people life entirely. Once a worker has become under influence or addicted to drug at the workplace, they cannot give their full focus to their job. It will also effected the surrounding people in the workplace and to the organization itself. As such, it is very important for everyone at the workplace to play their role to prevent anyone from becoming victim to any kinds of illegal substance. Prevention is better than cure. Employer as the leader in a workplace must make sure each of their workers are not been under influenced or addicted to any kinds of illegal substance like drugs. Employer must take necessary steps to ensure all their employee are protected as far as practicable from any harm which might effects their work and their own life. Based on this issue, it is the object of this paper to further examine the issue concerning illegal substance abuse like drug abuse at the workplace by taking into account Malaysia strict position against drug abuse, analyzing the cause and effect over such abuse, studying the existing laws in the country to deal with the issue, and identifying the roles of employer and the employee to deal with such issue at the workplace.

Keywords: Illegal, substance, abuse, workplace


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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of ADVED 2019- 5th International Conference on Advances in Education and Social Sciences, 21-23 October 2019- Istanbul, Turkey

ISBN: 978-605-82433-7-8