CAREER ADVENTURES TEMPORARY DIVISION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY
Career Adventures, LLC. implements this substance abuse policy in order to maintain safety for its employees, clients, and the general public; to maintain security of property or information; to maintain productivity and quality of services; to investigate possible employee impairment; and to investigate accidents in the workplace or incidents of workplace theft. This policy is intended to comply with the provisions of the Louisiana Drug Testing Act, La. R.S. 49:1111, and shall be interpreted at all times so to comply with that statute.
STATEMENT OF POLICY
The use, possession, concealment, transportation, promotion or sale of illegal drugs, controlled substances or alcohol by any employee is strictly prohibited on all company premises.
Also prohibited is being at work or reporting for work with sufficient quantity of any drug in the employee’s system to cause the employee to be considered under the influence or impaired or to cause a positive test result in a urinalysis or blood test for drugs or alcohol.
The company may utilize a Urine Drug Screen Test or other approved medial testing procedures to help in the control or detection of drug or alcohol usage. These tests may be utilized in, but are not limited to, the following circumstances:
(1) When the company has reasonable suspicion that an employee is using illegal or unauthorized drugs or alcohol; (2) When an employee is found in possession of suspected illegal or unauthorized drugs or alcohol; (3) Following a serious accident potentially serious accident or “near/miss” in which careless acts were performed; (4) As part of the preemployment application process when implemented; and (5) By the random testing of employees.
When any of the above actions are required, all testing will be conducted in accordance with applicable law by an approved medical testing laboratory with appropriate chain-of-custody procedures in place to insure continuity in specimen collection, handling, transfer, and storage, and which possesses any certification required by law. The results of urine specimen testing will be considered positive only in the event that both method, such as GCMS, show the presence of the test will be kept confidential and will normally be known only to management personnel in the particular decision-making chain and to the employee(s) tested except when the Company has privilege or a duty to release such information such as to the Louisiana Office of Employment Security.
A Medical Review Officer will be designated to review drug test results and to confer with tested employees if necessary about the test results.
An employee who violates this policy or who refuses to submit to a search or inspection or to a urine drug screen or other approved medical testing procedures, or is found as a result of such tests to have quantity of any illegal substance sufficient to cause the employee to be under the influence, to be impaired, or to cause a positive test result in a urinalysis or blood test for drugs or alcohol, will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including discharge. Compliance with this policy and program is condition of employment.
Violations of this policy, including refusal to provide specimens, also may be a basis under the law for disqualification form unemployment benefits or workers’ compensation benefits or workers’ compensation benefits. Further information or explanation regarding this policy is available at Career Adventures, LLC office. This policy is effective July 20, 1992, with testing to begin August 20, 1992, as required.
Arlena Acree_________________________________________________
Company Representative
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I have read and understood SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY and by continuing to be an employee of Career Adventures, LLC. I agree to submit to all of the requirements (including Blood Alcohol and Urine Drug Screening). I understand that compliance with this POLICY is a condition of my employment with this company. I further agree to comply with the substance abuse and search policies of customers of the Company. I understand that disciplinary action up to and including discharge will be taken if I am found in violation of the POLICY.