RANDOM DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTING. The City shall be authorized to conduct random drug/alcohol test sampling at its discretion. Such testing shall be conducted under the conditions that are established by the D.O.T. and further, such testing will be limited to no more than 25% of covered employees per calendar quarter. Testing will consist of a standard “5 panel” test and the City will assure that contracted personnel performing the testing, do such testing in a manner that follows standard protocol confidentiality and chain of custody rules/regulations Covered employees who are selected for testing shall report to the testing center upon request. When tests are conducted during the employees’ regular hours, time spent in testing shall be treated as normal work time and duly compensated. In the event that a test is requested of an officer who would otherwise be “off duty”, such time spent in testing will be considered overtime and compensated as such, to a maximum of two (2) hours pay. In the event that an employee’s name is randomly selected and that employee is on vacation, sick time, or not otherwise scheduled, that employee’s name shall be re-entered into the random pool for subsequent re-drawing at a time that the employee is regularly scheduled to work.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement