Agenda - Council Work Session - 11/25/2025

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Notification of Negative Test Results In the case of job applicants and in accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, Human Resources will notify a job applicant of a negative drug result within three days of receipt of result by the City, and the hiring process will resume. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 3, a laboratory must report results to the City within three working days of the confirmatory test result. A "Negative Test Results Notification" form will be sent to the job applicant, and the job applicant may request a copy of the test result report from Human Resources. In the case of current employees and in accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, Human Resources will notify the employee of a negative drug and/or alcohol result within three days of receipt of result by the City. A "Negative Test Results Notification" form will be sent to the employee, and he or she may request a copy of the test result report from Human Resources. Notification of Positive Test Results In the event of a confirmed positive blood, urine or oral liquid alcohol drug, or cannabis test result, the City will notify the employee of a positive result within three days of receipt of the result. Human Resources will send to the employee or job applicant a "Positive Test Results Notification" letter containing further instructions. The employee or job applicant may contact Human Resources to request a copy of the test result report if desired. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 3, a laboratory must report results to the City within three working days of the confirmatory test result. Right to Provide Information after Receiving Test Results Within three working days after notice of a positive drug, alcohol, or cannabis test result on a confinnatory test, the employee or job applicant may submit information to the City to explain the positive result. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 10, if an employee submits information either before a test or within three working days after a positive test result that explains the positive test result, (such as medications the employee is taking), the City will not take an adverse employment action based on that information unless the employee has already been under an affirmative duty to provide the information before, upon, or after hire. Right to Confirmatory Retest A job applicant or employee may request a confirmatory retest of the original sample at the job applicant's or employee's own expense after notice of a positive test result on a confirmatory test. Within five working days after notice of the confirmatory test result, the job applicant or employee must notify the City in writing of the job applicant's or employee's intention to obtain a confirmatory retest. Within three working days after receipt of the notice, the City will notify the original testing laboratory that the job applicant or employee has requested the laboratory to conduct the confirmatory retest or transfer the sample to another qualified laboratory licensed to conduct the confirmatory retest. The original testing laboratory will ensure the control and custody procedures are followed during transfer of the sample to the other laboratory. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 3, the laboratory is required to maintain all samples testing positive for a period of six months. The confirmatory retest will use the same drug and/or alcohol threshold detection levels as used in the original confirmatory test. In the case of job applicants, if the confirmatory retest does not confirm the original positive test result, the City's job offer will be reinstated, and the City will reimburse the job applicant for the 93