Section 1. In instances where an employee covered by this Agreement is required to submit to any photography, fingerprinting, or other security or employment processing of any type as a condition of employment, the time required therefore shall be at the expense of the Employer, except when not employed due to falsification, misrepresentation, etc. The Employer agrees and understands that employee privacy and documentation security shall be strictly adhered to throughout the aforementioned process.

Section 2. No employee covered by this Agreement shall be subjected to any welding test on any job requiring same unless the Employer furnishes proper equipment and materials for the administering of the tests. An applicant dispatched by the Union to take a welding test shall, after satisfactory completion, receive eight hours’ pay for that day and shall report to the shop or jobsite for the remainder of the shift if practical. An applicant dispatched by the Union who fails to pass a standard mild steel welding test shall receive two hours’ pay. (Note: This applies to mild steel welding for commercial heating/cooling pipe welding. This shall not apply to welding that requires x-ray examination.) An applicant who fails to pass any type of welding test other than a mild steel test shall receive at least four hours’ pay, or the actual time required to take the test if longer.

Section 3. Under no circumstances shall the Employer be permitted to utilize or require the use of a lie detector test or similar test as a condition of initial or continued employment.

Section 4. Where a substance abuse test is required on any project by either owner, general contractor, or the mechanical contractors, etc., it can only be implemented under all the terms and conditions of the Substance Abuse Policy negotiated and ratified by MCAWW and Local 32. (See attached policy.)

Section 5. Signatory Employers are encouraged to utilize the Employee Information Packet jointly developed by Local 32 and MCAWW, and employees will be required to read and acknowledge the information by their signature.