Opening of Bids - WWTP Electrical Improvements Proj No 117-132 - J. Ranck Electric Inc

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employee and the Company with recommendations for continuing education and/or treatment. 2. Employee Assistance Program''' The Company will provide an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for its employees and supervisors. The EAP may be established "in house," as part of internal personnel service or may be contracted to an entity that provides EAP services at other locations. The function of the EAP will be to provide employees with informational material on the awareness and danger of drug and alcohol use. General EAP-information material, such as the availability of brochures or videos, and community service "hotline" telephone numbers will be displayed in common areas and distributed to employees. Employees will be encouraged to call the hotline if needed. Additionally, this Plan will be displayed and made available to all employees. The Plan contains the employer's policy regarding the use of prohibited drugs and alcohol misuse. The areas and places in which the above material will be displayed include employee bulletin boards, break rooms, locker rooms, or other areas designated by the Company. 3. Supervisor Training ""9s Each supervisor who will determine whether an employee must be drug tested and/or alcohol tested based on reasonable suspicion/cause will be trained in the "signs and symptoms" of each substance. Each supervisor will receive one 60-minute period of training on the specific, contemporaneous physical, behavioral, and performance indicators of probable drug use and one 60-minute period of training on the specific, contemporaneous physical, behavioral, and performance indicators of probable alcohol use. The two 60-minute training periods may run concurrently. 4. Contractor Monitoring ss 07 Compliance. Operators are responsible for ensuring that contractors and contractor employees working for, and/or on the properties of, the operator are in compliance with the requirements of Part 40 and 199. With respect to those covered employees who are contractors or employed by a contractor, an operator may provide by contract that all requirements of Part 40 and 199 will carried out by the contractor. To assure that the contractor is in full compliance, the contractor will allow access to property and records by the operator, the operator designee, the Administrator, any DOT agency with regulatory authority over the operator or covered employee, and, if the operator is subject to the jurisdiction of a state agency, a representative of the state agency for the purposes of monitoring the operator's compliance with the requirements of Part 40 and 199. The operator will ensure that all contractors are qualified prior to commencing, as well as during the performance of, covered functions for the operator. Qualifying Potential Contractor. Qualifications of the potential contractor as it pertains to drug and alcohol testing policies and procedures are assured by requesting the potential contractor to submit a copy of its Plan for review and compliance with PHMSA regulations. After review of the Plan is completed, written correspondence to the contractor will advise whether or not it is acceptable or in need of further additions, deletions, revisions or clarifying language. The review of the contractor Plan shall be completed utilizing the criteria established by PHMSA. Monitoring Contractor's Compliance . The contractor may be required to provide information on their employees who will perform covered functions for the operator. This information will include, as a minimum, the name, type of test and test date of the employees who will perform any work or functions covered by Part 199 under that contract. A list of each contractor's covered employees may be distributed to appropriate Company field management. All contractors will be required to submit drug and alcohol testing statistical information on a periodic basis, which may be based on the duration of the contract. Typically, this requirement will be on a semi-annual basis. The Company may require a more frequent schedule for submission of drug and alcohol testing data should they determine a need for such statistics. The Company shall maintain a complete file on each contractor's statistical drug and alcohol testing reports. The Company shall make these reports available when requested by a PHMSA agency -designated representative, or representatives of J. RANCK ELECTRIC, INC. PHMSA DRUG/ALCOHOL PLAN NATIONAL COMPI,IANCF MANAGEMENT SERVICE, INC. INCMS; --2010 32