Common use of Bilingual Pay – Supervisory Unit Clause in Contracts

Bilingual Pay – Supervisory Unit. Within the Supervising Librarian and the Librarian I/II classification, the Library Director shall establish one position eligible to receive $150.00 per month Bilingual Pay Differential. This bilingual pay shall become effective the first payroll period after the designated employee takes and passes an approved proficiency examination. The employee must be certified as sufficiently fluent in a language deemed to be of work value to the Library as determined by the Library Director and approved by the City Manager. Fluency certification may be obtained by either passing a department approved proficiency test or submitting a current (no more than one year old) certificate of satisfactory proficiency/fluency from a department approved agency or school. It is agreed that annual re-certification of fluency is required to continue receiving the Bilingual Pay Differential. Fluency in more than one foreign language does not entitle an employee to more than one $150.00 per month differential.