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City of Arden Hills Personnel Policy'_` Effective February 29, 2016 <br />ri` 1 ILN HILLS Amended December- ' n October 28 2019 <br />➢ Access to Reports. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 10, an <br />employee will have access to information contained in his or her personnel file <br />relating to positive test results and to the testing process, including all information <br />gathered as part of that process. <br />Dilute Specimens. <br />A negative or positive dilute test result (following a second collection) which has been <br />confirmed will subject an employee to immediate termination. <br />CONSEQUENCES FOR EMPLOYEES ENGAGING IN PROHIBITED <br />CONDUCT <br />Job Mplicants. <br />The City's conditional offer of employment will be withdrawn from any job applicant who <br />refuses to be tested or tests positive for illegal drugs as verified by a confirmatory test. <br />Employees. <br />• No Adverse Action Without Confirmatory Test. The City will not discharge, <br />discipline, discriminate against, or request or require rehabilitation of an employee <br />based on a positive test result from an initial screening test that has not been verified <br />by a confirmatory test. <br />• Suspension Pending Test Result. The City may temporarily suspend a tested <br />employee with or without pay, or transfer that employee to another position at the <br />same rate of pay pending the outcome of the requested confirmatory retest, <br />provided the City believes that it is reasonably necessary to protect the health or <br />safety of the employee, co -employees, or the public. The employee will be asked to <br />return home, and will be provided appropriate arrangements for return <br />transportation to his or her residence. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, <br />subd. 10, an employee who has been suspended without pay will be reinstated with <br />back pay if the outcome of the requested confirmatory retest is negative. <br />• Discipline and Discharge. <br />✓ Confirmatory Positive Test Result. The City will not discharge an <br />employee for a first confirmatory positive test unless the following conditions <br />have been met: <br />1) The City has first given the employee an opportunity to participate in <br />either a drug or alcohol counseling or rehabilitation program, <br />26 <br />