Common use of Assignment to Higher Classification Clause in Contracts

Assignment to Higher Classification. a) When an employee is required to perform the regular duties of a higher paid classification, whether inside or outside the bargaining unit, for the majority of the shift, he/she shall be paid at the next step on the grid of the higher paid classification which represents an increase of at least 35 cents per hour, up to the maximum rate for the higher paid classification for the entire shift. A "higher paid classification" is a classification whose maximum hourly rate exceeds the current maximum hourly rate of the employee's regular classification.