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Regulators have made clear that pre-cannabis drug and alcohol policies need updating, and the Fair Work Commission keeps deciding cases on clauses most policies don’t have. These guides cover what to fix, in what order, before the next disclosure or non-negative result lands on your desk.

Update your D&A policy

The pillar guide: every clause a medicinal-cannabis-ready policy needs, and why.

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Disclosure, privacy and medical information

What you can require, what you can’t demand, and how to handle what you learn.

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Testing standards explained

AS/NZS 4760:2019, AS/NZS 4308, AS 3547 — and the cut-off mismatch that became evidence.

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Impairment vs detection

The design decision at the heart of every policy — and the defensible ways to make it.

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Discipline and procedural fairness

How employers with valid reasons still lose — and the process that holds up.

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Five FWC decisions to read

The case law distilled: what each decision rewarded and punished.

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Want the finished article instead of the reading list? The Employer Policy Pack ($299) contains the policy template, disclosure form, risk assessment, manager script and testing checklist — ready to adapt today.

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