Common use of Working Above Classification Clause in Contracts

Working Above Classification. When an employee covered by this Agreement, is officially assigned by their supervisor to fill in for the temporary absence of a higher classified employee in this bargaining unit for more than five (5) days, the employee assigned by their supervisor as the replacement shall be paid a premium starting on the sixth day of work in that assignment. The Working Above Classification Premium above the employee’s current basic salary step rate shall be 5% for working one classification higher or 10% for working two or more classifications higher. In the event that the supervisor knows from the start that the assignment will be longer than five days, then the employee will receive the higher pay from the first day of the assignment in the higher classification. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to notify Human Resources of the starting date for the working out of classification assignment.