Testing of Minors. (a) A letter of consent contained within the work experience and student placement procedure shall be signed by the parent or guardian of any worker who is a minor seeking to access a workplace where the Impairment Policy is in place, as a condition of entry to that workplace. Alternatively, an equivalent letter signed by the parent or guardian can be provided through the minor’s employer/host employer.
Testing of Minors. Any employee who is assessed as being impaired shall be advised to contact the rehabilitation/treatment provider. The employee will be permitted to access personal leave in the first instance and then take accrued personal leave entitlements for the period of time they are accessing the treatment provider. With the endorsement/acceptance of the Impairment Policy the Principle Contractor (PC) will undertake to not pass the implementation and cost of drug and alcohol testing to its subcontractors. It will also ensure compliance with this policy as follows:
Testing of Minors. A letter of consent contained within the work experience and student placement procedure shall be signed by the parent or guardian of any worker who is a minor seeking to access a workplace where the Impairment Policy is in place, as a condition of entry to that workplace. Alternatively, an equivalent letter signed by the parent or guardian can be provided through the minor’s Employer/host employer. Where a minor is selected for testing and: – A letter of consent is held, then the provisions of this procedure shall apply;or – Where a letter of consent is not held, every effort will be made to contact the minor’s parents/guardians to get verbal consent to participate in the testing procedure. If consent is given then the normal testing procedures will apply, if contact cannot be made and/or consent is not given then the minor will be excluded from any high risk activities or potentially excluded from site until consent is given.
