Series 4000: District Employment
4200 Employee Conduct and Ethics
4212 Employee Assistance Program
The District may require an employee with performance difficulties due to substance abuse, as a condition of continued employment, to receive confidential assistance for a wide range of personal and work-related concerns. Assistance may include participation in a substance abuse assistance or rehabilitation program (Program) consistent with approved leave time, an individual employment contract, Policy, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.
The employee’s health benefits plan may cover the cost of enrolling the employee in the Program. If the employee’s health benefits plan does not cover the cost, the District will not be responsible for the cost to the extent permitted by law.
Seeking assistance or rehabilitation does not affect the District’s authority to implement discipline, including discharge, for inappropriate conduct.
Legal authority: MCL 380.11a(3), 380.601a
Date adopted: 08/09/2021
Date revised:
