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5. Schedule a drug and/or alcohol test (or both) as outlined in the City's After Hours or On-Site Drug & Alcohol Collection Instruction Sheet. 6. Remain with the employee until after testing is completed. 7. Arrange transportation for the employee to go home. 8. Advise the employee that the employee is suspended from work related duty pending the results of the test. 9. Contact the Department Director, Assistant to the City Manager, and City Manager as soon as practical regarding the situation. The City shall place an employee on a suspension with pay once an employee is requested to submit to drug and/or alcohol (or both) testing due to reasonable suspicion. The suspension will be with pay pending receipt of the test result, unless the employee has violated a city policy or work rule that justifies a suspension without pay as determined by the City Manager or designee. 26.5 Testing Laboratory A laboratory meeting all requirements of state law, including those set forth in Minn. Stat. Sec. 181.953, shall handle all drug and alcohol testing. 26.6 Test Results Within three days of obtaining the final test results, the testing laboratory shall provide the City with a written report indicating the drug(s), alcohol, or their metabolites tested for, the types of test conducted, and whether the test produced negative or positive test results. Within three working days after receipt of the test result report, the City shall inform the employee in writing of a negative test result on an initial screening test, or of a negative or positive test result on a confirmatory test. 26.7 Rights of Employees and Job Applicants The City recognizes that alcoholism and drug addiction may affect employees. The City urges employees to voluntarily refer themselves for treatment. The City reserves the right to refer for evaluation by a qualified medical person or counselor, at City expense, any employee where management has probable cause to suspect alcohol or drug abuse. It is the responsibility of management to conduct an investigation upon receiving a complaint. The employee has the right to have a second assessment opinion, by a qualified professional at his/her own expense. Employees and applicants have a right to request and receive a copy of the test result report. If an employee or applicant tests positive for drug use, the City will give written notice of the right to explain the positive test. Within three working days after notice of a positive test result on a confirmatory test, the employee or applicant may submit information to the City to explain the test result or may, within five working days after notice of the positive test result, request a confirmatory retest at the employee's or the applicant's own expense. If the confirmatory retest does not confirm the original positive test result, the City will not take any adverse personnel action against the employee or applicant based on the original confirmatory test and will reimburse the employee for the expense of the retest.