Substance Abuse Program
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Participating Employers |
Other sites: Additional locations can be authorized by calling the Third Party Administrator (TPA) at (888-577-3784), including laboratories specified on jobs with wrap-up insurance.
Full participation in all IMPACT programs is mandatory for all Local #1 members on June 1, 2010.
The Program creates a pool of eligible drug-free workers in order to
eliminate repetitive testing and provide a safe work environment for
all parties. The program recognizes a worker's drug test performed
within the last twelve (12) months as a valid pre-employment drug
test. Standardized procedures and a shared eligibility pool enable a
worker's current test to:
• Serve as a valid pre-employment drug test for one or many
contractors;
• Satisfy a contractor's requirements for hiring a worker to a job
site; and
• Prevent a worker who is not in the eligibility pool from working
on drug-free projects until he obtains a negative program test.
Signatory Parties of the Program have access to an online
verification system to confirm that workers are in the eligibility
pool. Workers not in the pool are not hired until they obtain a
negative Program test result or complete the rehabilitation
requirements. It is the contractor's responsibility to verify that a
worker has a valid negative pre-employment drug test result.
The Program also provides for additional drug and alcohol testing
circumstances to ensure that workers remain drug and alcohol free
over the course of their employment.
Testing may be initiated under the following circumstances.
Initial/Pre-employment Test -An initial/pre-employment drug test is
required to participate in the Program.
Annual Test -In order to remain eligible for the Program, the
participant must resubmit to a drug test on at least an annual basis
or his/her Program eligibility test will expire.
Random Testing -All Participants will be subject to unannounced drug
testing as part of a random selection process. The Program will test
a minimum of 25% of the total participants on an annual basis. If a
participant is selected for a random test, the date or the random
test shall be his/her new annual test date for renewal purposes.
Post Accident/Incident -A contractor may require a participant to
submit to drug and alcohol tests after the involvement in, or cause
of an accident, which causes injury to the participant or another
party and which requires emergency medical treatment away from the
scene, or, which causes damage or destruction to property. In the
case of a fatality, all parties associated with the accident will be
tested.
For Cause -All employees covered by this policy shall submit to drug
and alcohol tests when the contractor has reasonable suspicion to
believe that the covered employee has used a prohibited drug and/or
engaged in alcohol misuse. During the process of establishing
reasonable cause for testing, the employee has the right to request
his onsite union representative to be present for consultation
unless the consultation would result in a delay in administering the
test. If the onsite representation is not available, all efforts
will be made to contact representation from the employee's union.
Return to Duty -A return to duty negative drug and/or alcohol test
is required for a participant to be reinstated into Program
eligibility after a positive test.
Accelerated Random (Follow-UP) Testing -A participant who has
returned to duty following a positive test result or other violation
of this Policy, will be subject to a minimum of six (6) additional
accelerated random (follow-up) tests, or greater, as prescribed by
the Employee Assistance program (EAP) for a period of one year as a
condition of further employment.