Testing and Compensation. An employee who has tested, using the City’s standard bilingual testing procedures, and demonstrating to the department head’s satisfaction, proficiency in speaking a second language, shall be compensated at a rate 2.5% higher than the employee’s base hourly rate of pay. Such compensation shall commence the next pay period after the employee has passed a qualifying examination, as determined by the City, demonstrating proficiency in the language.
Testing and Compensation. An employee who has tested, using the City’s standard bilingual testing procedures, and demonstrated to the Fire Chief’s satisfaction proficiency in speaking a second language, shall be compensated at a rate 2.5% higher than the employee’s actual base hourly rate of pay. Such compensation shall commence the next payperiod after the employee has passed a qualifying examination, as determined by the City, demonstrating proficiency in the language.
Testing and Compensation. An employee who has tested, using the City’s standard bilingual testing procedures, and demonstrated to the department head’s satisfaction proficiency in speaking a second language, shall be compensated at an amount 2.5% higher than the employee’s base hourly rate of pay. Such compensation shall commence the next pay period after the employee has passed a qualifying examination, as determined by the City, demonstrating proficiency in the language. To be eligible to participate in this program, employees must speak a second language used by a segment of South San Francisco population. Once an employee qualifies as speaking a second language the employee will receive bilingual pay, even if the population changes and a significant segment no longer speaks the language.
