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<br />Employee means the employee of a grantee directly engaged in the performance <br />of work under a grant, including: i all direct charge employees; ii all indirect charge ' I <br />employees unless their impact or involvement is' insignificant to the performance of the <br />grant; and Iii temporary personnel and consultants who are directly engaged in the <br />performance of work under the grant and who are on the grantee's payroll. This <br />definition does not include workers not on the payroll of the grantee (e,g" volunteers, <br />even if used to meet a matching requirement; consultants or independent contractors <br />not on the grantees' payroll; or employees of sub-recipients or subcontractors in <br />covered workplaces). <br /> <br />, -~;. -t~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Certification: <br /> <br />A. The sponsors certify that they will or will continue to provide a drug-free <br />workplace by: <br /> <br />1, Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, <br />distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is <br />prohibited in the grantee's workplace and specifying the actions that will <br />be taken against employees for violation of such prohibition; <br /> <br />2, Establishing an ongoing drug-free awareness program to inform employees <br />about. <br />a, The danger of drug abuse in the workplace; <br />b. The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace; <br />c. Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance <br />programs; and <br />d, The penalties that may be imposed upon for drug abuse violations <br />occurring in the workplace <br /> <br />3, Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in the <br />performance of the grant be given a copy of the statement required by <br />paragraph 1 ; <br /> <br />4, Notifying the employee in the statement required by paragraph 1 that, as a <br />condition of employment under the grant, the employee will . <br />a, Abide by the terms of the statement; and <br />b, Notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction for a violation of a <br />criminal drug statue occurring in the workplace no later than five <br />calendar days after such conviction; <br />5, Notifying the NRCS in writing, within ten calendar days after receiving <br />notice under paragraph 4 b from an employee or otherwise receiving <br />actual notice of such conviction. Employers of convicted employees must <br />provide notice, including position title, to every grant officer or other <br />designee on whose grant activity the convicted employee was working, <br />unless the Federal agency has designated a central point for the receipt of <br />such notices. Notice shall include the identification number(s) of each <br />affected grant; <br /> <br />6, Taking one of the following actions, within 30 calendar days of receiving <br />notice under paragraph 4 b , with respect to any employee who is so <br />convicted - <br /> <br />Z*5 <br />