Common use of Random Drug and/or Alcohol Testing Clause in Contracts

Random Drug and/or Alcohol Testing. Effective September 1, 2021 the Chief of the Fire Department shall have the right to order random tests for the presence of illegal drugs and /or alcohol. However, any random drug testing shall exclude cannabis or marijuana metabolites. Employees shall be selected by the use of a lottery, and administered by a collection firm, with each drawing including the names of all employees. All tests, with the exception of return to work tests, ordered by the Chief in this regard shall be at the expense of the City. The Department shall be allowed to test up to thirty- (35) employees per fiscal year, with test conducted up to six (6) times per fiscal year. A local 37 representative shall be allowed to verify that a current list of firefighters is used during the lottery process. All tests ordered by the Employer in this regard shall be at the expense of the employer. The parties agree that the participating employees’ names will be chosen on a random basis. The testing company will be provided with a complete list of all the PIN numbers for all the then current employees in the bargaining unit. The department will go down the list until they reach the first employee actually working on the date of the test. Employees will not be selected to test that are not working on the date of the test. If the parties agree that there is a need to promote the random nature of the process, the department will start at the bottom of the list on the next test date, alternating thereafter. E.5 Conduct of Drug and/or Alcohol Tests:

Random Drug and/or Alcohol Testing. Effective September 1, 2021 2009 the Chief of the Fire Department shall have the right to order random tests for the presence of illegal drugs and /or and/or alcohol. However, any random drug testing shall exclude cannabis or marijuana metabolites. Employees shall be selected by the use of a lottery, and administered by a collection firm, with each drawing including the names of all employees. All tests, with the exception of return to work tests, ordered by the Chief in this regard shall be at the expense of the City. The Department department shall be allowed to test up to thirty- (35thirty-five(35) employees per fiscal year, with test conducted up to six (6six(6) times per fiscal year. A local Local 37 representative shall be allowed to verify that a current list of firefighters is used during the lottery process. All tests ordered by the Employer in this regard shall be at the expense of the employer. The parties agree that the participating employees’ employees names will be chosen on a random basis. The testing company will be provided with a complete list of all the PIN numbers for all the then current employees in the bargaining unit. The department will go down the list until they reach the first employee actually working on the date of the test. Employees will not be selected to test that are not working on the date of the test. If the parties agree that there is a need to promote the random nature of the process, the department will start at the bottom of the list on the next test date, alternating thereafter. E.5 Conduct of Drug and/or Alcohol Tests: