Common use of Employee Testing Clause in Contracts

Employee Testing. Unless otherwise required by law, employees shall not be subject to random urine testing, blood testing or other similar or related tests for the purpose of discovering possible drug or alcohol abuse. If the City has reasonable suspicion to believe an employee’s work performance is impaired due to drug or alcohol use, the City may require the employee to undergo a drug and/or alcohol test consistent with the conditions set forth in this Appendix. Reasonable suspicion for the purposes of this article is defined as follows: The City’s determination that reasonable suspicion exists shall be based on specific, articulated observations concerning the appearance, behavior, speech or body odors of an employee.