(A) Employees who have a substance abuse problem are expected to obtain treatment and counseling through community mental health or a treatment center approved by the town. Information on the employee’s visit will be reported to the supervisory personnel of the employee’s work department only upon the approval of the employee. Given the importance of maintaining a work environment without the presence of alcohol and drugs, and the opportunities that employees have to address substance dependencies through treatment and counseling programs offered through various treatment facilities, substance abuse which adversely affects job performance will not be tolerated. This applies to on duty employees as well as employees who are on call.
(B) Employees whose on or off duty use of substances impacts job performance will be appropriately disciplined including, but not limited to, the sanction of termination from employment with the town.
(C) EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:
(1) An employee must not report to work or be subject to duty while his or her ability to perform job duties is impaired due to alcohol or illegal drug use, on or off duty;
(2) An employee shall not possess or use, or have the odor of alcohol or illegal drugs on his or her breath during working hours, on breaks, during meal periods, while on town property in an official capacity, or while operating any town vehicle or machinery;
(3) An employee shall not directly, or through a third party, sell or provide illegal drugs or alcohol to any person, or to any other employee while either or both employees are on duty, or on call;
(4) An employee shall submit immediately to reasonable request for alcohol or drug analysis when requested by a first line supervisor and/or department head; and
(5) An employee shall notify his or her supervisor, before beginning work, when taking any medication or drugs, prescriptions or non-prescription, which may interfere with the safe and effective performance of duties or operations of town equipment, and provide within 24 hours of request a current valid prescription of any drug or medication identified when a drug screen/analysis is positive. The prescription must be in the employee’s name.
(Prior Code, § X.1)