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site to a BCRC testing facility. Any employee suspected of unnecessarily delaying the test process <br />will be considered to have refused to submit to testing. <br />In instances of post-accident/incident or probable cause testing for drugs and alcohol, the <br />employee will be transported to the testing facility by the employer. At the option of the <br />employer, the employee may be suspended pending the test result. In the event a negative test <br />result is reported, the employee shall be compensated for all lost time at the appropriate rate <br />within the collective bargaining agreement, straight or premium pay. <br />When an employee is injured in a qualifying accident, priority must be given to the employee's <br />medical treatment before any consideration is given to collecting a specimen for testing. <br />Such employees may request that a union representative be available or present prior to any <br />action taken by an employer, if any, at any stage of the policy and its administration. If an <br />employee is aggrieved by any action taken under this Drug and Alcohol Policy and his/her <br />complaint cannot be resolved, the complaint may, if the employee or Union requests, be referred <br />as grievance under the grievance and arbitration provisions of the employee's collective <br />bargaining agreement. In the event the matter is referred to arbitration, the arbitrator shall be <br />bound substantively by the provision of this Drug and Alcohol Policy. A rapid or express test is <br />authorized for this test at the discretion of the employer or union representative. There is no <br />stipend for these tests. <br />"EMERGENCY" WORK ASSIGNMENTS <br />To accommodate owners with emergency work, craft personnel who have not previously held a <br />BCRC identification card or taken an initial drug test, the following provisions will apply when <br />starting for emergency work assignments. <br />1. Upon arrival at a job location for sign-up, the employer representative <br />(Card Manager) shall request the employee to present his/her BCRC identification card. <br />