Voluntary Disclosure and Employee Assistance. 1. An employee who has completed his or her initial probationary period with the City and has engaged in substance abuse and voluntarily discloses this issue to the Chief of Fire and requests treatment and rehabilitative assistance shall be given assistance under the City’s Employee Assistance Program. Access of this type shall be limited to two occasions. An employee referred to the program shall not be disciplined for the substance abuse disclosed. However, failure to comply with the terms of this program shall subject the employee to discipline 2. In addition, an employee who has completed the initial probationary period and voluntarily admits there is cause for reasonable suspicion under Section 9, Step 4(c) of this Policy shall be entitled to one opportunity to enroll in the Employee Assistance Program of the City and avoid discipline, provided that he or she has not already engaged in that program twice prior, and provided further that the employee has not previously failed to comply with the requirements of that program during a prior enrollment. 3. Any employee who returns to employment following completion of a program under the Employee Assistance Program shall be subject to follow-up testing as determined by the EAP provider.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Voluntary Disclosure and Employee Assistance. 1. An employee who has completed his or her initial probationary period with the City and has engaged in substance abuse and voluntarily discloses this issue to the Chief of Fire Police and requests treatment and rehabilitative assistance shall be given assistance under the City’s Employee Assistance Program. Access of this type shall be limited to two occasions. An employee referred to the program shall not be disciplined for the substance abuse disclosed. However, failure to comply with the terms of this program shall subject the employee to discipline.
2. In addition, an employee who has completed the initial probationary period and voluntarily admits there is cause for reasonable suspicion under Section 9, Step 4(c) of this Policy shall be entitled to one opportunity to enroll in the Employee Assistance Program of the City and avoid discipline, provided that he or she has not already engaged in that program twice prior, and provided further that the employee has not previously failed to comply with the requirements of that program during a prior enrollment.
3. Any employee who returns to employment following completion of a program under the Employee Assistance Program shall be subject to follow-up testing as determined by the EAP provider.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement