Common use of Employee Assistance and Medical Exams Clause in Contracts

Employee Assistance and Medical Exams. The Employer will continue to offer an Employer supported Employee Assistance Program for all employees covered by this Agreement. In addition, the Employer offers counseling services to employees through county and regional critical incident stress management teams (CISM) and Xxxxxxxxxx Community Mental Health in response to certain events or occurrences which may necessitate employee psychological counseling. Employees can request, and Employer will consider, adjustments in schedule to allow access to the services of the Employee Assistance Program or other counseling services. To the extent provided by law, the Employee Assistance Program will protect the confidentiality of those employees using their services. The County may require an employee to undergo a medical exam, including drug screening and psychological exam at the Employer’s expense in order to determine the employee's fitness for duty, as well as to determine fitness for duty when returning to work from a leave of absence, except for an approved Family Medical Leave Act leave where the employee’s condition necessitating the leave is not a disability under the American’s with Disabilities Act. The employee may obtain a second opinion, at the employee's expense (if not covered by the employee’s health insurance) and in the event there is a dispute between the Employer's Doctor and the employee's Doctor, both of these doctors shall select a third doctor, whose decision shall be final and binding on the parties. The expense for the third doctor's opinion shall be split 50-50 by the Employer and the employee if not covered by the employee's health insurance.

Employee Assistance and Medical Exams. The Employer will continue to offer an Employer supported Employee Assistance Program for all employees covered by this Agreement. In addition, the Employer offers counseling services to employees through county and regional critical incident stress management teams (CISM) and Xxxxxxxxxx Community Mental Health in response to certain events or occurrences which may necessitate employee psychological counseling. Employees can request, and Employer will consider, adjustments in schedule to allow access to the services of the Employee Assistance Program or other counseling services. To the extent provided by law, the Employee Assistance Program will protect the confidentiality of those employees using their services. The County may require an employee to undergo a medical exam, including drug screening and psychological exam at the Employer’s expense (if not covered by the employee’s health insurance) in order to determine the employee's fitness for duty, as well as to determine fitness for duty when returning to work from a leave of absence, except for an approved Family Medical Leave Act leave where the employee’s condition necessitating the leave is not a disability under the American’s with Disabilities Act. The employee may obtain a second opinion, at the employee's expense (if not covered by the employee’s health insurance) expense, and in the event there is a dispute between the Employer's Doctor doctor and the employee's Doctordoctor, both of these doctors shall select a third doctor, whose decision shall be final and binding on the parties. The expense for the third doctor's opinion shall be split 50-50 by the Employer and the employee if not covered by the employee's health insurance.