Common use of Free Workplace Clause in Contracts

Free Workplace. By signing this Agreement, the Provider certifies that it shall provide a drug-free workplace by: publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the Provider’s workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violation of such prohibition; establishing a drug-free awareness program to inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the Provider’s policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace, available drug counseling and rehabilitation programs, employee assistance programs, and the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations occurring in the workplace; providing a copy of the drug-free workplace statement to each employee to be engaged in the performance of this Agreement; notifying the employees that as a condition of employment under the Agreement the employee will abide by the terms of the statement and notify the employer of any criminal drug conviction for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than five days after such conviction. The Provider shall notify the state agency within ten days after receiving notice of criminal drug convictions occurring in the workplace from an employee, or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction, and will take one of the following actions within 30 days of receiving such notice with respect to any employee who is so convicted: take appropriate personnel action against the employee, up to and including termination, or requiring the employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency.