Working Out of Class Compensation. A. Lieutenants are eligible for “working out of class” compensation for all hours worked when assigned as the sole or most senior officer (based on time in grade when more than one Lieutenant is working) in a fire station or the ECC, or when assigned as an EMS Duty Officer for more than 280 hours during a 6‐month period.
Working Out of Class Compensation. When an employee is assigned to and performs significantly all of the duties of a higher allocated position in a classification whose salary range is at least five percent (5%) higher than the range of the employee’s regular classification, that employee shall be compensated at the step in the higher classification that provides an increase to the assigned employee of at least five percent (5%). Such assignment shall not change the unit designation or other benefits of the assigned employee. The assignment must be for over ten (10) consecutive working days. Such additional compensation shall begin on the first day of the pay period following the assignment to the duties of the higher position. If the assignment begins on the first Monday of the pay period, the additional compensation shall be effective the beginning of that pay period. For working out of classification the employee shall be compensated at the step in the higher classification that provides an increase to the assigned employee of at least five percent (5%). As such, if the 5% does not result in the employee reaching at least the first step of the higher salary range, the employee will be placed at the first step of the higher salary range. At one hundred eighty (180) days, the working out of classification assignment will be reviewed to determine whether it is appropriate for this person to continue working out of classification. Employees working out of classification or who are removed from Working out of Classification duty as a result of poor performance shall not be subject to unsatisfactory performance evaluation for their participation in said assignment. Participating employees removed from such assignment as a result of unsatisfactory performance shall instead be returned to their official job classification and duties. Failure to successfully complete a Working out of Classification assignment, as a result of performance, shall not have an impact on employee’s official job classification or duties.
