Common use of Qualification Period Clause in Contracts

Qualification Period. When an employee is temporarily assigned to the duties of a vacant higher level position, the employee shall, commencing on the eighty first (81st) hour and effective the first (1st) hour, receive a rate equivalent to that provided for under County promotional rules. To be eligible for the higher rate, the employee must: (1) Be assigned in writing by the department head with the approval of the Personnel Unit; (2) Be assigned for other than training purposes; (3) Perform the full regular duties of the higher position; (4) Perform the duties of the higher position for a period of at least eighty (80) work hours, except with an approved interruption. Holidays shall be treated like weekends or comparable regularly scheduled days off. a. An approved interruption shall be the use of approved leave balances not to exceed an accumulation of sixteen (16) hours during the eighty