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BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION. <br />RESOURCE CENTER, INC. <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The labor and management representatives of The Building and <br />Construction Industry for Northwest Indiana have formed an <br />alliance to address the problems caused by drug and alcohol <br />abuse. Management and labor have created the Building and <br />Construction Resource Center (hereafter "BCRC") an <br />independent not -for -profit corporation which offers a wide range <br />of services to its employees in the unionized construction <br />industry, which include employers, labor union organizations, <br />construction industry and related workers. It is BCRC's goal to <br />assist employers to establish and maintain workplaces that are <br />free of the destructive effects caused when employees use drugs <br />and/or abuse alcohol. BCRC's activities are not intended to <br />interfere normal practices of the unions or management. <br />BCRC recognizes its responsibility to communicate with and <br />educate its employees relative to this policy, as well as the <br />harmful effects of drugs and alcohol in our society and in the <br />workplace. BCRC also recognizes the need to provide a program <br />of assistance to those persons for whom drugs or alcohol may be <br />causing problems. Finally, while. not wishing to violate the rights <br />or invade the privacy of any employee, BCRC's drug testing <br />program will seek to identify those employees who are unable or <br />unwilling to conform to BCRC's program. This program has <br />been established in accordance with federal guidelines for <br />specimen collection, laboratory analysis and review, and <br />standards of integrity and confidentiality. <br />THE POLICY <br />Persons who use illegal drugs or abuse alcohol or other controlled <br />substances, on or off their jobs, are likely to be less productive, to <br />be less reliable, to be more frequently absent, and to have other <br />1 <br />