Foreign Language Pay. Any employee who passes a City‐approved foreign language examination shall receive a 1.0% increase in their base hourly rate of pay. Employees are eligible for only one foreign language pay increase. Employees who successfully pass the initial examination will be required to recertify every three (3) years. The employee shall pay for their own certification test. If the employee passes the certification, the City shall reimburse the employee for the expenses of the test. Further, the employee shall demonstrate proficient use of American sign language or fluently speak one or more of the following languages: Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Ukrainian, Arabic, Farsi, Vietnamese, Laotian. Employees who speak a language not listed may still be eligible for the foreign language incentive pay with approval from the City Manager or their designee. Employees who pass a City‐approved foreign language examination by October 31, 2023 will receive retroactive pay to January 1, 2023.
Foreign Language Pay. Non-probationary personnel, based upon passing a verbal bi-lingual certification test administered by the Employer able to speak languages other than English (as specified in section 10:05) who can translate and interpret in emergency and other situations, shall be compensated with an additional $100 per month. Incentive pay is not part of base salary and will not be computed in P.F.P. calculations.
Foreign Language Pay. 1. A Flight Attendant who is qualified by the Company as proficient in any foreign language required by the Company and who completes any leg, as a working crew member, on which the Company has required any foreign language, shall receive in addition to all other compensation, a language premium pay of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per hour prorated to the nearest minute. This foreign language premium shall only be paid to the required number of language qualified Flight Attendants per cabin on any particular leg and in seniority order. The provisions of Article 11.c.1.(c) will apply.
