Event Details

December 11, 2020 8:30 am - 10:00 am

On April 1, 2019 the new Alcohol and Drug Testing of Employees of General Contractors and Subcontractors working on County Public Works Projects and Worksites becomes effective. The New Castle County ordinance specifically addresses the requirements for General Contractors and Subcontractors to maintain a mandatory alcohol and drug testing program to include Initial Drug Testing, Random Drug Testing, Reasonable Suspicion Testing, Owner-Initated Testing, Accident-Triggered Testing. Return-to-Duty Testing and Additional Testing Protocol. The ordinance mandates procedures for alcohol and drug testing documentation; consequences of a positive test result; contractor and subcontractor certification of compliance; penalties; confidential records; and training requirements for employees and reasonable suspicion training for supervisors.

The Supervisor sessions are broken into two modules:

Module I: New Castle County Public Works Projects Contractor & Subcontractor Action Items.

Module II: Supervisor Reasonable Suspicion Training to include:
• Types of Drug Testing
• Difference between Reasonable Suspicion vs Random Testing
• Job Performance Symptoms
• Drugs of Abuse
• Who can make a decision to direct employees for testing
• Resources available