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25 <br />DRUG -FREE WORKPLACE CERTIFICATION <br />The Contractor will provide a drug -free workplace by: <br />1. Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful <br />manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of <br />a controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee workplace <br />and specifying the actions that will be taken against <br />employees for violation of such prohibition; <br />2. Establishing an ongoing drug -free awareness program to inform <br />employees about; <br />a. The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace <br />b. The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug -free workplace <br />c. Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and <br />employee assistance programs, and <br />d. The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug <br />abuse violations occurring in the workplace <br />3. Making it a requirement that each employee engaged in the <br />performance of the grant be given a copy of the statement <br />required in paragraph 1; <br />4. Notifying the employee in the statement required in paragraph <br />1 that, as a condition of employee under the grant, the <br />employee will <br />a. Abide by the terms of the statement, and <br />b. Notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction <br />for a violation of a criminal drug statue occurring in the <br />workplace no later than five calendar days after such <br />conviction; <br />5. Notifying the agency in writing, within ten calendar days <br />after receiving notice under subparagraph 4(b) from an <br />employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such <br />conviction. Employers of convicted employees must provide <br />notice, including position title, to the grant officer or <br />other designees on whose grant activity the convicted <br />employee was working unless the Federal agency has designated <br />a central point for the receipt of such notices. Notice <br />shall include the identification number(s) of each affected <br />grant. <br />6. Taking one of the following actions, within thirty calendar <br />days of receiving notice under subparagraph 4(b), with <br />respect to any employee who is convicted; <br />a. Taking appropriate personnel action against such an <br />employee, up to and including terminations, consistent <br />with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, <br />as amended; or <br />b. Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily <br />in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program <br />approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, local <br />health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency; <br />7. Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug - <br />free workplace through implementation of paragraphs <br />1,2,3,4,5, and 6. <br />Local Workforce Area Contract Agreement Page 24 of 29 <br />Amended 7/14 <br />