Common use of BILINGUAL SKILL PAY Clause in Contracts

BILINGUAL SKILL PAY. Qualified employees who meet the following criteria shall receive a bilingual skill pay of $50 per month: A. The employee may be assigned to speak or translate a language in addition to English. This may include specialized communication skills such as sign language. B. An employee must regularly utilize such skills during the course of his/her duties or upon request of City management. C. An employee must be certified as qualified through an examination administered by the Human Resources Department. The examination shall be job-related, as determined by the Human Resources Department. D. In order to retain the bilingual skill pay from one fiscal year to the next, during the first month of the new fiscal year (July), the employee receiving bilingual skill pay must be annually recertified as qualified through examination administered by the Human Resources Department. The only exception to the above provisions is that an employee who qualifies for bilingual pay under this Section because of Spanish language skills shall receive $150 per month.