Recovery Works: Survey on Connecticut as as Recovery Friendly Workplace

We’re building a Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) program in Connecticut – and your input will help shape how we do it.

A Recovery Friendly Workplace program is an employer-based effort that enables employees with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) to stay employed during their recovery. By treating SUD as a healthcare problem, RFW programs destigmatize addiction and have a positive economic impact for the employer through better employee retention, better productivity, and less turnover.

This 1 to 2-minute confidential survey will help create a new program that gives state businesses the tools they need to help employees with substance use issues.

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* 1. How would you rate your knowledge of Recovery Friendly Workplaces?

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

This is the first I’ve heard of it

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* 2. What would be your #1 concern if your company were to embrace a Recovery Friendly Workplace?

Time commitment involved

Legal risks

Professional discomfort with the idea

Money/Budget

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* 3. What type of support would be most valuable to you if you were to implement a Recovery Friendly Workplace initiative?

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* 4. What topics would be most valuable to you if you were to set up a Recovery Friendly Workplace program?

Legal issues to know about

Best practices and policies

How to implement the program

Managing employees with a substance use problem

Changing to a “recovery culture”

The economic impact of substance use on businesses

Other (please specify):

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* 5. What tools/resources would you find most useful in implementing a Recovery Friendly Workplace?

Employee communications describing the program and its purpose

Process maps

Checklists

Do’s and don’ts

FAQs

Case Studies of companies that have done it

Business liaison who can provide guidance

Glossary of recovery terminology

Links to professional websites

Other (please specify):

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* 6. How informed would you say you are regarding CT laws for drug testing?

Very informed

Somewhat informed

Not at all informed

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* 7. How informed would you say you are regarding CT laws for use of medical marijuana?

Very informed

Somewhat informed

Not at all informed

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* 8. How informed would you say you are regarding the Family Medical Leave Act?

Very informed

Somewhat informed

Not at all informed

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* 9. What factors would motivate your company to implement a Recovery Friendly Workplace program?

The economic cost of substance use on businesses like mine

The value of keeping employees

How other states are using similar programs effectively

How to make the transition to a Recovery Friendly Workplace as easy as possible for my company

Other (please specify):

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* 10. My professional identity is best described as:

Manager/Supervisor

Healthcare professional

Company owner/operator

Consultant

Legal professional

Employment Program professional

Other (please specify):

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* 11. My company is best described as:

Manufacturing

Healthcare

Professional Services (Finance, Technology, Management etc.)

Retail

Education

Hospitality

Nonprofit

State/Municipal

Other (please specify):

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* 12. The number of employees where I work is:

1- 50

51 – 100

101 – 200

201 – 300

300+