HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmployee Assistance Program JUDITH T. TEP~Y
TOWN CL~RK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Roac
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-1823
Telephone (516) 765-1801
THIS iS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE.
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 5. 1994:
RI=SOLVED that the Town Board of the town of Southold hereby reaffirms the "Policy
on Southold Town Employee Assistance Program", which reads as follows:
POLICY ON $OUTHOLD TOWN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WHERE~S, it has long been recognized that alcohol and other substance abuse as
well as other personal problems have serious impact on the health, welfare, and
social life of the individual, and his other family, and c:.~:~r~:~i~y; a~d
WHERF_J[S, the use of alcohol and substances, as welt as other problems of employees
are of immediate concern to the Town' of Southold, as an employer when it results
in a job-impairing problem; and
~/HEREAS, job-impairing problems have been recognized as any condition of abnormal
behavior resuitJ~g directly or indirectly from the chronic and habitual use of alcohol
beverages or other substances or the inability to cope with other personal problems;
and
WHERF_AS, the Town of Southold has created an Employee Assistance Program which
the Town may consult with for additional expertise; and
WHERF_AS, experience indicates that employee assistance programs constitute an
effective means fo~' ameliorating difficult personal problems; and
'EHERF-~S, it is essential and desirable that all Town departments participate in a
unified program to combat alcoholism, substance abuse, and other job-impairing
problems in a humane and constructive manner; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby adopts the following
POLJ CY AND PROGRAM on the SOUTHOLD TOWN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM:
SECTION 1. POLICY
a) The Town government, as an employer, is concerned and will take
appropriate action when an employee experiences a ~ob-impairir~g
problem.
b) A job-impairing problem exists when the employee,s competent Or safe
performance of his or her assigned duties or 'dependability.
performance is apparent.
c) It is Town policy that the employing department ~nitiate non-
disciplinary procedures under which the employee is offered
rehabilitative assistance when experiencing personal problem,s which
impair job performance.
d) This policy is not to be construed as waiving management's
responsibility to maintain discipline or its mandate to invoke
disciplinary proceedings in the event of misconduct which may result
from, or be associated with, the use or abuse of substances or
untreated emotional problems.
SECTION 2. APPLICABILITY
The policies and program contained !~ ~hi: ?e~z,:l~-~tfon shall ~pp!y
all Town employees.
SECTION 3. EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Town of Southold has contracted for an Employee Assistance
Program to be provided by Lighthouse Counseling Center, 8 East Main
Street, Riverhead, New York 11901. This agency will provide services
to Town employees consistent with established procedures.
The office of the Town Supervisor shall be responsible for coordinating
the Employee Assistance Program on a Town-wide basis, and shall
issue such further directives and instructions to Town departments
as are required, consistent with the policies enumerated in this resolution.
SECTION 4. F~MPLOYEES
a) No employee shall have job security or promotion opportunities
jeopardized by a request for counseling or referral assistance.
b) The confidential nature of Employee Assistance Program records of
employees shall be preserved ~;n the same manner as all other medical
records but not in their personal record files.
c)
Where an employee has exhausted sick and ~ual leave balances, the
agency head may under cer~a.in c~d~t~an~ and st his ar her discretion,
grant the employee a medical lesve af absenc~ w~c~(~t psy to undergo
a prescribed program of rehabilitatien treatment.
Judith T. Terry ~
Southold Town Clerk
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