Opening of Bids - Historic Leeper Park Improvements Project No 118-010A - Ancon Construction Co Inc

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ANCON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 8.0 DRUG -FREE WORKPLACE POLICY (Compliant with IN CODE IC 4-13-18-5) 8.1 Introduction Recognizing that drug use creates problems in the work environment, Ancon Construction has established a drug policy designed to keep all work areas drug free and safe, to treat all its employees fairly and respectfully, to assure its customers that the highest professional standards are maintained at all times, and to comply with the Drug -Free Workplace Act of 1988. This policy prohibits the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession or use of controlled substances on company premises. It also prohibits Ancon employees, and others working on company premises, from reporting for work or working with any detectable levels of alcohol or other controlled substances in their systems. 8.2 Information and Training To inform employees of the health and safety hazards of substance abuse, especially in the work place, Ancon will provide periodic training and orientation programs for all its employees. This training will include information about available drug rehabilitation programs. Information on drug rehabilitation programs may also be obtained from the Human Resource Manager, any local hospital, an individual's physician, or by looking in the yellow pages of the telephone book under Drug Abuse & Addiction. 8.3 Requirements As a condition of employment, all employees of Ancon Construction must agree to abide by the terms of its drug policy and to notify Ancon of any criminal drug statute conviction for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than five days after a conviction. This Policy does not, in any way, modify Ancon's adherence to its employment -at -will policy. Refusal by a new or current employee to take a drug test is cause for immediate termination. 8.4 New Employees Prior to employment, all applicants are screened for drug usage. This screening is performed by an authorized medical provider with a Medical Review Officer on staff. To receive an offer of employment, an applicant must provide a valid specimen which tests negative. There are no exceptions to this policy. An applicant with anything other than a valid, negative test result will not be reconsidered for employment for a 12-month period. 8.5 Current Employees Current employees will be tested: a) If an owner requires drug testing for a specific job; b) if they are involved in an incident on the job; c) if the Ancon Superintendent or Foreman in charge at a job site has reasonable cause to suspect the employee is using or has used illegal drugs or is abusing or has abused alcohol, d) in random testing of employees, In compliance with Indiana code for Public Works Contractors on all public works contracts: 1) Each employee will be subject to a drug test at least one (1) time each year. 2) At least 2% of all employees company -wide will be randomly selected each month for testing.