Recovery Supportive Workplaces

Recovery-friendly Workplaces

Recovery-friendly workplaces recognize recovery from substance use disorder as a strength by working intentionally with people in recovery. RFWs encourage a healthy and safe environment where employers, employees and communities can collaborate to create positive change and eliminate barriers for those impacted by addiction. Workplaces become designated recovery-friendly by meeting a set of requirements, and interested workplaces are assigned a recovery-friendly advisor to assist in completing these steps.

Recovery-ready Workplaces

Recovery Ready Workplaces can increase productivity, decrease healthcare costs, and reduce turnover and exposure to substance-related incidents. Employers who adopt recovery-ready workplace policies can tap into tight sectors of the labor force to build their organizational capacity, while being a force for positive change and community leadership. Recovery-ready Workplace model is based on four pillars: Prevention and Risk Reduction, Training and Education, Hiring and Employment and Treatment and Recovery Support.

Workplace Supported Recovery

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health also has resources related to recovery and the workplace. A recovery-supportive workplace aims to prevent exposure to workplace factors that could cause or perpetuate a substance use disorder while lowering barriers to receiving care and maintaining recovery. A recovery-supportive workplace educates its management team and workers on issues surrounding substance use disorders to reduce the stigma around this challenge.