Long-Term Acting Assignments. An employee who assumes an acting position for a period in excess of one (1) year shall be entitled to the performance increments applicable to that position, provided that the increase does not exceed the maximum of the acting position. Upon return to the employee’s substantive position, the employee shall revert to their substantive salary received at the time of the commencement of the acting assignment, adjusted for any economic or performance increments received during the acting assignment, up to but not exceeding the maximum of the substantive range.
Long-Term Acting Assignments. An employee may request that his/her supervisor forward a Personnel/Payroll Change Form (PCF) to the employee's Personnel File provided that the employee has been designated on a continuous (consecutive days) basis to act in a higher classification for a period of not less than 5 months.
Long-Term Acting Assignments. (Suppression)
(1) The position to which the employee is assigned must be an authorized budgeted position, and
(2) The employee assigned is projected to perform the duties of the higher rank for longer than 30 calendar days. If these conditions are met, the Chief or his/her designee shall authorize in writing the acting assignment and shall forward the Acting Assignment Pay Forms to the appropriate City and County Department for approval and processing. If disabled while working at a higher classification as described above, the employee shall receive disability benefits at the level attached to the rank at which the employee was assigned at the time of such disability. Acting Assignment Pay shall be retroactive to the first day of the assignment. Long Term Acting Assignments shall be made with due regard for seniority.
Long-Term Acting Assignments. (4) An employee who assumes an acting position for a period in excess of one (1) year shall be entitled to the performance increments applicable to that position, provided that the increase does not exceed the maximum of the acting position. Upon return to the employee’s substantive position, the employee shall revert to his/her substantive salary received at the time of the commencement of the acting assignment, adjusted for any economic or performance increments received during the acting assignment, up to but not exceeding the maximum of the substantive range.
(5) An employee in an acting position who is subsequently appointed to that position on an indeterminate basis shall be credited with all time worked in the acting assignment for the purpose of calculating the next subsequent performance increment.
Long-Term Acting Assignments. Qualified personnel may be placed in long-term acting assignments to fill long-term vacancies resulting from workers compensation injuries, modified duty assignments, medical leave, or other approved long-term absences. Long-term vacancies are defined as those lasting longer than ten (10) consecutive shifts. Once it is determined that a vacancy will last longer than ten (10) consecutive shifts, a long-term acting assignment may be made to fill the vacancy prior to the tenth shift. Personnel filling long-term acting assignments may be moved across shifts and will receive all pay and benefits of the position to which they are assigned as if promoted to the position. Acting assignments are limited to ninety (90) calendar days when other eligible employees are available, qualified, and interested in the acting assignment. Personnel may rotate into an acting assignment more than once and for longer than ninety (90) days depending on the availability of other employees to fill the acting assignment. Personnel who participate in an acting assignment will receive probationary credit in the higher classification up to a maximum of six (6) months, regardless of the total combined duration of the acting assignments. Personnel who provide satisfactory service in an acting assignment for a continuous twelve (12) months are eligible for salary advancement in accordance with Section 5.4 of this MOU for the remaining duration of the acting assignment. Long-term acting assignments shall not be used for day-to-day vacancies such as those created by vacation or sick leave relief and are not intended to cause an adverse impact to any one rank (more than two long-term vacancies in that rank on the same division). The use of short-term acting assignments is identified in Section 7.3 D, Rank-for-Rank Overtime and Short-Term Acting Assignments.
