Bilingual Proficiency/Compensation Program Sample Clauses

Bilingual Proficiency/Compensation Program. The City shall pay $1,250 annually, in the first pay period in January, for those employees conversant in a second language. The following criteria must be met to qualify for the annual incentive. A. Employees must request to participate in the program and pass a proficiency examination prepared by the City. Management may require re-certification once per calendar year. B. The number of certified participants, in any given language, shall be determined by the City. C. Employees participating understand that they will be required to use their language skills as part of their job duties within their department and may upon occasion, and with the permission of their supervisor, be called upon to use their language skill to aid other departments within the City. ▇. ▇▇ employee who speaks multiple languages and is not participating in the program may be required by the City to use their language skills in an emergency situation when no bilingual program participant is available.