Agmt14 Servie Employees International Union SEIU MOU 2014-2017

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Regardless of the rate of pay a promotional appointment is made, the worker shall be eligible for a salary increase of five percent(5%)six months following the promotional appointment. 15.4 Salary Increase on Reclassification Unless a higher rate of pay is mutually agreed upon by the parties, the reclassified worker(s) shall go to the first step of the new classification description,or shall receive a five percent(5%) increase in pay, whichever is greater. In the case of a five percent (5%) increase in pay, the worker(s) shall receive the five percent (5%)increase in pay even if that takes him/her between steps, until he/she reaches the maximum pay of the top step. 15.5 Regular Part-Time Appointment 15.5.1 Regular part-time appointments may be made when there is part-time work to be performed on a regular and continuous basis and upon certification by the Department Head to which the appointment is to be made, to the Personnel Officer that the worker is to be scheduled to work continuously during a twelve (12) month period. Benefits, including life insurance, long-term disability insurance, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, vacations, sick leave, administrative holidays and other leaves, and educational expense reimbursement shall be granted on a prorated basis computed by dividing the regularly scheduled hours each week by forty (40). That factor shall be the percentage of the City's contributions for regular part-time workers for life insurance, long-term disability insurance, health insurance and dental insurance, vision insurance, and shall be the percentage of vacations, sick leave, administrative holidays, and other leaves and educational expense reimbursement benefits for regular full-time workers. 15.5.2 Regular part-time appointed workers who are scheduled to work on a holiday, but granted the holiday off, shall be paid their established rate of pay for the hours they normally would have worked. 15.5.3 Any regular full time worker going to regular part-time employment will retain his/her sick leave and vacation benefits. However, the worker will only receive vacation and sick leave accrual proportional to the amount of time worked. Health benefits will also be paid in proportion to time worked. A regular full time worker going to regular part-time employment will not serve a probationary period. 15.6 Bilingual Differential 15.6.1 A worker who has passed the City's proficiency test and is assigned to job duties requiring bilingual skills are eligible to receive a two and one-half percent(2-1/2%) pay differential for the use of bilingual skills in job duties arising during the normal course of work. Sign language shall be recognized as a bilingual skill under this Article. 15.6.2 A worker who has passed the City's proficiency test and is assigned job duties with advanced bilingual skills are eligible to receive a five percent (5%) pay differential for the use of these advanced skills in job duties arising during the normal course of work. Advanced bilingual skills,for purposes of the five percent (5%) pay differential, are defined as the ability to translate and communicate beyond conversational speaking and/or basic writing. Workers who receive the five percent (5%) advanced bilingual differential are required, when called upon, to utilize their skills citywide. 18