Common use of Bilingual Pay Premium Clause in Contracts

Bilingual Pay Premium. ‌ A. When a department head designates a position within the bargaining unit, which requires bilingual skills such an employee in the designated position shall first demonstrate a language proficiency of job-related terminology acceptable to the department head and the Human Resources Director. Thereafter, the employee shall be entitled to the payment of Forty Dollars ($40.00) per pay period. Use of bilingual skills shall include time spent translating, answering phone calls, doing research, and speaking with or writing to clients in a language other than English. B. When the County designates a position within the bargaining unit, which requires bilingual skills on the average, less than ten percent (10%) of the employee’s work time, such an employee in the designated position shall first demonstrate a language proficiency of job-related terminology acceptable to the Human Resources Director. Thereafter, the employee shall be entitled to the payment of Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) per pay period. Use of bilingual skills shall include time spent translating, answering phone calls, doing research, and speaking with or writing to clients in a language other than English. C. An employee who receives a bilingual premium may be called upon to assist other employees in other positions who do not have bilingual skills. Such a circumstance(s) shall not be interpreted as the employee working out of his/her classification.

Bilingual Pay Premium. ‌ A. When a department head designates a position within the bargaining unit, which requires bilingual skills skills, such an employee in the designated position shall first demonstrate a language proficiency of job-related terminology acceptable to the department head and the Human Resources Director. Thereafter, the employee shall be entitled to the payment of Forty Dollars ($40.00) per pay period. Use of bilingual skills shall include time spent translating, answering phone calls, doing research, and speaking with or writing to clients in a language other than English. B. When the County designates a position within the bargaining unit, which requires bilingual skills on the average, less than ten percent (10%) of the employee’s work time, such an employee in the designated position shall first demonstrate a language proficiency of job-related terminology acceptable to the Human Resources Director. Thereafter, the employee shall be entitled to the payment of Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) per pay period. Use of bilingual skills shall include time spent translating, answering phone calls, doing research, and speaking with or writing to clients in a language other than English. C. An employee who receives a bilingual premium may be called upon to assist other employees in other positions who do not have bilingual skills. Such a circumstance(s) shall not be interpreted as the employee working out of his/her classification.