Second Language Pay Sample Clauses

Second Language Pay. Effective October 1, 2017, employees who are conversationally proficient in a second of the following languages: Spanish, Creole, Portuguese, Hebrew, French, Russian, German, Cantonese Mandarin, Italian, Czech, Korean, andor American Sign Language; shall be eligible to receive second language pay equal to two and one-half percent (2.5%) of their biweekly base pay. Proficiency will be determined by an employee obtaining a minimum rating of level 9 on the “Speaking and Listening Assessment” test administered by ALTA Language Services, Inc. via telephone and proctored by the Police Administration. The test may be scheduled with at least seven (7) work days’ notice to the Police Administration. The employee will bear the cost of paying for the test. The employee will be subject to requalification for the pay supplement every five (5) years. Second language pay shall not be considered as pensionable earnings. If ALTA Language Services, Inc., no longer administers the aforementioned types of tests, there will be a re-opener in order for the City, with Union input, to select a new testing services provider.