The United Kingdom has several laws in place that require both employers and employees to take responsibility for maintaining a safe working environment, including the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the Transport and Works Act 1992, the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Intelligent Fingerprinting has found that employers become frustrated with implementing drug and alcohol policies within the workplace – one reason the Information Commissioner’s Office has suggested organizations use the “least intrusive forms of testing practicable.” The company’s fingerprint-based drug screening, designed to make workplace testing simpler and more convenient, involves the analyzation of a fingerprint sweat sample.
