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ATTACHMENT "E" <br /> SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY <br /> The Parties recognize the problems which drug and alcohol abuse have created in the construction <br /> industry and the need to develop drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs. Accordingly, the <br /> Parties agree that in order to enhance the safety of the work place and to maintain a drug and <br /> alcohol free work environment, individual Contractors may require applicants or employees to <br /> undergo drug and alcohol testing. <br /> 1. It is understood that the use, possession, transfer or sale of illegal drugs, narcotics, <br /> or other unlawful substances, as well as being under the influence of alcohol and the possession or <br /> consuming alcohol is absolutely prohibited while employees are on the Contractor's job premises <br /> or while working on any jobsite in connection with work performed under the Community <br /> Workforce Agreement ("CWA"). <br /> 2. No Contractor may implement a drug testing program which does not conform in <br /> all respects to the provisions of this Policy. <br /> 3. No Contractor may implement drug testing at any jobsite unless written notice is <br /> given to the Union setting forth the location of the jobsite, a description of the project under <br /> construction, and the name and telephone number of the Project Work Supervisor. Said notice <br /> shall be addressed to the office of each Union signing the CWA. Said notice shall be delivered in <br /> person or by registered mail before the implementation of drug testing.Failure to give such notice <br /> shall make any drug testing engaged in by the Contractor a violation of the CWA, and the <br /> Contractor may not implement any form of drug testing at such jobsite for the following six <br /> months. <br /> 4. An employer who elects to implement drug testing pursuant to this Agreement shall <br /> require all employees on the Project Work to be tested. With respect to individuals who become <br /> employed on the Project Work subsequent to the proper implementation of this drug testing <br /> program, such test shall be administered upon the commencement of employment on the project, <br /> whether by referral from a Union Dispatch Office, transfer from another project, or another <br /> method. Individuals who were employed on the project prior to the proper implementation of this <br /> drug testing program may only be subjected to testing for the reasons set forth in Paragraph 5(f) <br /> (1) through 5(f) (3) of this Policy. Refusal to undergo such testing shall be considered sufficient <br /> grounds to deny employment on the project. <br /> 5. The following procedure shall apply to all drug testing: <br /> a. The Contractor may request urine samples only. The applicant or employee <br /> shall not be observed when the urine specimen is given. An applicant or employee, at his or her <br /> sole option, shall, upon request, receive a blood test in lieu of a urine test. No employee of the <br /> Contractor shall draw blood from a bargaining unit employee,touch or handle urine specimens, or <br /> in any way become involved in the chain of custody of urine or blood specimens.A Union Business <br /> Representative, subject to the approval of the individual applicant or employee,shall be permitted <br /> Community Workforce Agreement 40 City of Santa Ana <br />