Common use of Temporary Assignment Pay Clause in Contracts

Temporary Assignment Pay. ‌ When the appointing authority determines it is necessary to cover a position from which the incumbent is absent or which is temporarily vacant for any reason, the appointing authority may assign an employee in a lower class to temporarily perform the duties of the vacant position in a higher class in accordance with the following: A. A written request shall be submitted by the appointing authority, prior to the assignment (or in an emergency, within five (5) working days thereafter), to the Director, Department of Human Resources. B. The Director, Department of Human Resources, has approved the appointing authority's temporary assignment. C. The employee proposed to be assigned to the higher class is qualified to perform the duties of the higher class. D. The employee will remain in their current class during the time they were assigned to perform the duties of the higher class. E. The assignment must be for over four (4) weeks but must not exceed twenty-six (26) weeks. F. The employee so assigned shall be compensated by receiving, in addition to the base rate of compensation which has been established for their current class, a "bonus rate". This bonus rate shall be the difference between the rate of compensation for their current class and that of the higher class. G. The amount of the "bonus rate" in "F" is determined by: 1. Equating the employee's current hourly rate with the same hourly rate in the higher class and advancing one step; or 2. If the higher class does not contain an hourly rate that equates with the employee's current hourly rate, then the "bonus rate" shall be determined by setting the compensation one step above the next highest hourly rate in the higher classification; provided, however, that the higher rate of compensation shall be set at the entry step when the entry step of the higher class exceeds the top step of the current class by a percentage difference of five percent (5%) or more when rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Temporary Assignment Pay. ‌ When the appointing authority determines it is necessary to cover a position from which the incumbent is absent or which is temporarily vacant for any reason, the appointing authority may assign an employee in a lower class to temporarily perform the duties of the vacant position in a higher class in accordance with the following: A. A written request shall be submitted by the appointing authority, authority prior to the assignment (or in an emergency, within five (5) working days thereafter), to the Director, Department of Human Resources. B. The Director, Department of Human Resources, has approved the appointing authority's temporary assignment. C. The employee proposed to be assigned to the higher class is qualified to perform the duties of the higher class. D. The employee will remain in their current class during the time they were are assigned to perform the duties of the higher class. E. The assignment must be for over four (4) weeks but must not exceed twenty-six (26) weeks. F. The employee so assigned shall be compensated by receiving, in addition to the base rate of compensation which has been established for their current class, a "bonus rate". ." This bonus rate shall be the difference between the rate of compensation for their current class and that of the higher class. G. The amount of the "bonus rate" in "F" F. is determined by: 1. Equating the employee's current hourly rate with the same hourly rate in the higher class and advancing one step; or 2. If the higher class does not contain an hourly rate that equates with the employee's current hourly rate, then the "bonus rate" shall be determined by setting the compensation one step above the next highest hourly rate in the higher classification; provided, however, that the higher rate of compensation shall be set at the entry step when the entry step of the higher class exceeds the top step of the current class by a percentage difference of five percent (5%) or more when rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Temporary Assignment Pay. ‌ When the appointing authority determines it is necessary to cover a position from which the incumbent is absent or which is temporarily vacant for any reason, the appointing authority may assign an employee in a lower class to temporarily perform the duties of the vacant position in a higher class in accordance with the following: A. A written request shall be submitted by the appointing authority, prior to the assignment (or in an emergency, within five (5) working days thereafter), to the Director, Department of Human Resources. B. The Director, Department of Human Resources, has approved the appointing authority's temporary assignment. C. B. The employee proposed to be assigned to the higher class is qualified to perform the duties of the higher class. D. C. The employee will remain in their his/her current class during the time they were he/she is assigned to perform the duties of the higher class. E. D. The assignment must be for over four (4) weeks weeks, but must not exceed twenty-six (26) weeks. F. E. The employee so assigned shall be compensated by receiving, in addition to the base rate of compensation which has been established for their his/her current class, a "bonus rate". This bonus rate shall be the difference between the rate of compensation for their his/her current class and that of the higher class. G. F. The amount of the "bonus rate" in "F" (E) is determined by: 1. Equating the employee's current hourly rate with the same hourly rate in the higher class and advancing one step; or 2. If the higher class does not contain an hourly rate that equates with the employee's current hourly rate, then the "bonus rate" shall be determined by setting the compensation one (1) step above the next highest hourly rate in the higher classification; provided, however, that the higher rate of compensation shall be set at the entry step when the entry step of the higher class exceeds the top step of the current class by a percentage difference of five percent (5%) or more when rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.