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<br />BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
<br />RESOURCE CENTER, INC.
<br />INTRODUCTION
<br />The labor and management representatives orne Building and Construction Industry for
<br />Northwest Indiana have farmed an allimcelo address the problems caused by drug and alcohol
<br />abuse. Management and labor have created the Building and Construction Resource Center
<br />(hereafter "BCRC") an independent not -for -profit corporation which offers anide rangeaf services
<br />to its employees in the unionized construction industry, which include employers, labor union
<br />organi Anions, construction industry and related workers. 11 is BCRC's goal to assist employers to
<br />establish and mainla€n workplaces that are free of the destructive effects caused when employees
<br />use drugs and/or abuse alcohol. BCRC's activities are not inlendedto interfere nilhnormal
<br />practices of the unions ormanagement. BCRC recognizes its responsibility to communicale pith
<br />and educate its employees relative to this policy, as well as the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol
<br />in our society and in the nnrkplace. BCRC also recognizes the need to provide a program of
<br />assistance to those persons for wino drugs or alcohol may be causing problems. Finally, rrillic nol
<br />wishing to violate the rights orimade Ore privacy of any employee, BCRC's drug testing program
<br />will seek to identify those employees nho are toable or tmnilling to conform to BCRCS program.
<br />'Ibis program has been cstablishedin accordonce nim federal guidelines for specimen collection,
<br />laboratory analysis and rcrierv, and standards of integmy and conftdenOalily-
<br />theirsubsiatce abuse or idoehol-related problem and choosing as appropdate course o€ireatmorl.
<br />Current employees will be referred to an EAP representative as a result of a positive drug test or
<br />alcohol or upon an individual's own mqucsi. In dthcr case, t€le content of the dismWoo with the
<br />EAP will be protected and core ideatial, to the extent allowed by law. A participant's use of the
<br />EAP is confidential and information will not be released to BCRC ormy of its subscribing
<br />organizations orparticipanls nithout wrillen release front the participant in accordance %idt the law.
<br />Employees nho use the EAP as a consequence of a positive drug or alcohol test hill be subject to
<br />the conditions established in the drug -testing portion of this policy.
<br />The EAP slatfhas kmoniedge of the level and types of benefits available to BCRC employees.
<br />Employees can access the services of the EAP through a hotline that is staffed twenty-four (24)
<br />hours a day, seven(?) days a week, throughout the entire year. Employees calling the EAP hotline
<br />are put in touch wvith acounselor wiro will conduct a professional assessment and who may meet
<br />pith them to €unher assess the nature of Vie problem in order la provide a referral to the best and
<br />most appropriate level of care. The EAP is staffed by cerlifted and credenlioled human services
<br />professionals who are sensitive to Vie needs of the individual. individuals nine take the initialise to
<br />comactihe EAP for assistance do so pith the assurance that their calls will be treated respectfully
<br />and confsdeoWly, no direct services provided by the EAP arc sponsored by BCRC.
<br />In compliance %%ith Public Inry 100-690 (line Drug -Free Workplace Act), nhich applies only to
<br />employers whmhave federal grants or federal contracts of more dram S100,(00, an employee wino is
<br />convicted of a workplace drug or alcohol violation and nbo is employed by a BCRC of iliattd
<br />employer must report this information to hisdrer immediate supervisor no later than fire (5) days
<br />after such conviction. The supervisor must repot this information immediately to the employer's
<br />program Administrator.
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<br />THE POI,IC!'
<br />Persons nho use illegal drugs or abuse alcohol or other controlled substances, on or off theirjobs,
<br />are likely to be less productive, to be less reliable, to be nwrefrequently absent, and to have other
<br />work related problems Oral can causeincremed cost, delays, accidents, and injuries. Tbese
<br />employees can also damage the heallh, safety and null -being of other workers on Ihejob. The
<br />unionized construction industry can control and reduce this problem dnrough recognition of the
<br />problem, development of a comprehensive policy and program of education and information,
<br />promotion of an assistance program, and implementation of fair and respectful drug testing that
<br />conforms to federal guidelines for specimen collection and analysis All of thus is to bo done pith
<br />the ulmostconfndenniality and respect for thoindiridual.
<br />In order to enhance substance abuse awareness among all employees, educational seminars and
<br />[mining programs still N offered- The educational seminars nill be directed toward education
<br />about the seriousness of the nationwide problem of drug and alcohol abuse, and haw One use of
<br />drugs and alcohol negatively impacts safety, produdiwity, and the competitive abilityef the
<br />American workforce.
<br />St"nisors will be trained to identify employcesin potentially diRicull situations, and to recognize
<br />signs of inipaimnent, as well as the supervisors' responsibilitylo document, inimen , and follow up
<br />%ilh the troubled individual. These sessions will be offered as ongoing training programs.
<br />BCRC encourages all employees troubled by their own, a family member's drug, of alcohol abuse
<br />to seek professional care and treatment. Early recognition and treatment of alcohol and drag abuse
<br />provides die greatest opportunity Far successful recovey. BCRC provides an Employee Assistance
<br />Program (EAP) for all employees and their families who need professional guidance in assessing
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<br />DEFINITIONS
<br />• Adulterated s semen means a specimen that contains a substance that is not
<br />expected to he present in human urine, or contains a substance expected to be present
<br />but is at a concentration so high that it is not consistent nilh human urine.
<br />• Air blank means, in evidential bread[ jesting devices (EBTs) using gas
<br />chromatography technology, a reading of One device's internal standard, In all
<br />other EBTs, a reading of ambient air containing no alcohol.
<br />• t aha! means the intoxicating agent in beverage alcohol, ethyl alcohol, or other low
<br />molecular weigh alcohols including ntethy€ and isopropyl alcohol.
<br />Alcohol concentration (or content} means the alcohol in a volume of breath
<br />expressed in teats of grams of alcohol per 210liters of breath as indicated by on
<br />evidential breath lest under this policy (BrAQ
<br />• Alcohol confirmation test means a sobsequcn€ lest using an EBT, following a
<br />screening test pith a result of 0.04 or greater, which provides quantitative data about
<br />the alcohol concentration,
<br />• Alcohol Screen it Device ASD means a breath device, other than an EBT, that is
<br />approved by the Natiuntd Highnny Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and
<br />placed on a conforming products list (CP4) Far such devices.
<br />• Alcohol screening test means an analytic procedure to determine whether an
<br />employee may have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in a breath specimen.
<br />• Alcohol Jesting site means a place selected by the employer where employees present
<br />themselves for the purpose of providing breath form alcohol lest.
<br />• Alcohol use means the drinking or swal€omving of any beverage, liquid minture or
<br />preparation (including any medication), containing alcohol.
<br />• Apnlleant means a person, independent contractor, or employer, or person marking
<br />for an independent contractor, or employer who applies to became an employeeof a
<br />BCRC contmctorl employer participant, and includes a person nho has received ajob
<br />offer mode contingent on the person passing a drug lest.
<br />Association means Building mid Construction Resource Center, which is the
<br />association formed by labor and management representatives of the building and
<br />construction industry for Northwest Indiana, for the purpose of addressing problems
<br />of drugs and alcohol in the workplace.
<br />• Blind specimen or blind performance test specimen means a specimen submitted
<br />to a laboratory for quality control testing purposes, %ith a fictitious €dentiftec, so that
<br />the laboratory cannot distinguish it from an employee specimen.
<br />• Hivath Alcohol Technlcian_(BATI is a person who instructs and assists employees
<br />in the alcohol testing process and operates an Evidential Breath Testing device (EBT).
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