Bilingual-Skills Pay. When a Department Head, with the approval of the Director of Human Resources, designates a position or assignment as requiring bilingual skills in a specific second language on a regular basis during the course of his/her workday an employee in that designated position or assignment who has first demonstrated proficiency, by being tested and certified as determined by Human Resources, shall be eligible to receive a five (5%) percent salary differential based upon his or her base hourly rate of pay. Upon the separation of the employee from that position or assignment requiring designated bilingual skills, upon change in assignment such that the skills are no longer needed on a regular basis as described above, or upon the failure of the employee to satisfactorily provide bilingual services, the salary differential payment to the employee will be discontinued. This differential is not authorized for minor or incidental use of a second language. The differential will be authorized where the bilingual skills are used on a regular basis for providing necessary County services as determined within the sole discretion of the County.
Bilingual-Skills Pay. When a Department Head, with the approval of the Director of Human Resources, designates a position or assignment as requiring bilingual skills in a specific second language on a regular basis during the course of his/her workday an employee in that designated position or assignment who has first demonstrated proficiency, by being tested and certified as determined by Human Resources, shall be eligible to receive a five (5%) percent salary differential based upon his or her base hourly rate of pay. Upon the separation of the employee from that position or assignment requiring designated bilingual skills, upon change in assignment such that the skills are no longer needed on a regular basis as described above, or upon the failure of the employee to satisfactorily provide bilingual services, the salary differential payment to the employee will be discontinued. This differential is not authorized for minor or incidental use of a second language. The differential will be authorized where the bilingual skills are used on a regular basis for providing necessary County services as determined within the sole discretion of the County. Effective October 3, 2021, all employees who are in a non-bilingual classification for which there is a bilingual analog will be reclassified into the bilingual classification if they meet the criteria to be paid the bilingual differential. Going forward, all employees hired into classifications for which there is a non-bilingual classification, and an analog bilingual classification shall be hired into the bilingual classification if they meet the criteria to be paid bilingual differential.
Bilingual-Skills Pay. For all employees designated by the Executive Director to use a second language in their job performance, the Housing Authority will pay a salary differential of 5% of the employee’s wage, this designation will be reviewed annually by the Executive Director and direct supervisor. The Housing Authority will review bilingual pay positions on an as-needed basis.
Bilingual-Skills Pay. When a department head, with the approval of the Human Resources Director, designates an assignment as requiring bilingual skills of at least 50 percent of the employee's work time (minimum 18.75 hours per week), any employee in such a designated assignment, who has first demonstrated proficiency in a language acceptable to the department and the Human Resources Director, shall be eligible to receive a 2.5% salary differential based on their hourly pay rate for time spent using such skills. Upon the separation of the employee from said assignment requiring designated bilingual skills, this salary differential payment to the employee will be discontinued. When a department head, with the approval of the Human Resources Director, designates a position as requiring bilingual skills, and the special language skills is a qualification for recruitment and selection purposes, any employee in such a designated position, who has first demonstrated proficiency in a language acceptable to the department and Human Resources Director, shall be eligible to receive a 5% salary differential based on their hourly pay rate. Upon separation of the employee from said position requiring designated bilingual skills this salary differential payment to the employee will be discontinued. CHAPTER 3 FRINGE BENEFITS
Bilingual-Skills Pay. Employees who perform technical bilingual skills (reading, writing and oral translation) for the benefit of the City on a regular and ongoing basis and who successfully pass a City- administered proficiency test shall receive an allowance based on the level(s) of bilingual competency listed below.
Bilingual-Skills Pay. When an employee is required to use a second (or more) language, including American Sign Language (ASL), as a condition for holding a particular position, the employee will receive an additional 5% of base salary to be added to the employee’s regular salary. “Required use” shall be documented by an approved Position Classification Questionnaire or “Certification of Bilingual Requirement” Form. It is not the intent of the parties that the redesignation of a position to “bilingual required” status would be done for the sole purpose of superseding the layoff provisions of this Agreement.
Bilingual-Skills Pay. 2.1 Firefighters that successfully pass the language proficiency test, administered by Human resources, shall receive bilingual skills pay.
2.2 Bilingual skills pay shall be paid monthly, on the first paycheck of every month, according to the following rates:
A. Verbal proficiency – One and six-tenths percent (1.60%) of Step 11 firefighter monthly pay; or
B. Verbal and written proficiency – two percent (2.00%) of Step 11 firefighter monthly pay.
