Definition of Bilingual Position for Bilingual Differential Pay Sample Clauses

Definition of Bilingual Position for Bilingual Differential Pay. 1. A bilingual position for salary differential requires the use of a bilingual skill on a continuing basis averaging 10 percent of the time. Anyone using their bilingual skills 10 percent or more of the time will be eligible whether they are using them in a conversational, interpretation, or translation setting. An employee may provide their supervisor with data supporting the use of their bilingual skills 10 percent or more of the time. Management will evaluate this date in assigning bilingual designation to the position. In order to receive bilingual differential pay, the position/ employee must be certified by the using department and approved by the Department of Personnel Administration. (Time should be an average of the time spent on bilingual activities during a given fiscal year.); 2. The position must be in a work setting that requires the use of bilingual skills to meet the needs of the public in either: a. A direct public contact position; b. A hospital or institutional setting dealing with patient, client, student, or inmate needs; c. A position utilized to perform interpretation, translation, or specialized bilingual activities for the department and its clients; 3. Position(s) must be in a setting where there is a demonstrated client or correspondence flow where bilingual skills are clearly needed; 4. Where organizationally feasible, departments should ensure that positions clearly meet the standards by centralizing the bilingual responsibility in as few positions as possible; 5. Actual time spent conversing or interpreting in a second language and closely related activities performed directly in conjunction with the specific bilingual transaction will count toward the 10 percent standard.