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8.3.B. - Page 61 <br /> _ .. _ - , 0. <br /> 7.1�D0 Bilingual Pay <br /> Employees who are routinely and consistently assigned to job duties requiring bilingual <br /> skills are eligible, with Department Head approval,to receive a two and one-half percent <br /> (2.5%) base pay differential for the use of these skills in job duties arising during the <br /> normal course of work as first responders. <br /> Employees with advanced bilingual skills are eligible, with Department Head approval, <br /> to receive a five percent(5%) base pay differential for the use of these advanced skills in <br /> job duties arising during the normal course of work. Advanced bilingual skills, for <br /> purposes of the five percent (5%) pay differential, are defined as the ability to translate <br /> and communicate beyond conversational speaking and/or basic writing including the <br /> ability to translate Spanish well enough to conduct intense suspect and victim interviews <br /> at a level that will hold up in court. Employees that accept the five percent (5%) pay <br /> would be required to agree, when called upon, to translate citywide and be a <br /> spokesperson for the police department when communications between the Spanish press <br /> and the police department are needed. <br /> Eligibility for the first responder or advanced bilingual pay differential shall be <br /> determined by the Personnel Officer on the basis of an oral proficiency test or an oral <br /> and written proficiency test respectively. To retain the 2.5% or 5% differential, <br /> employees will be required to pass the City's proficiency test every three (3)years. <br /> Bilingual skills shall not be a condition of employment except for employees who are <br /> hired specifically with that requirement. If an employee is hired under this provision, <br /> that requirement shall be included in the initial appointment letter. <br /> The City has the right to discontinue the bilingual differential at any time based on <br /> changes to the business needs, provided that the City gives the exclusive representative <br /> ten (10) days notice prior to such revocation, in order to allow the opportunity for the <br /> parties to meet and confer. <br /> 7.124 Temporary Upgrade Pay <br /> A Police Sergeant temporarily assigned to Police Lieutenant or a Police Lieutenant <br /> temporarily assigned to Police Captain for forty (40) hours or more shall receive acting <br /> assignment pay of five percent (5%) of regular (adjusted) pay for hours worked in that <br /> assignment. After thirty (30) consecutive calendar days of temporary assignment, the <br /> employee's paid time off shall be compensated at a pay rate that includes the five percent <br /> (5%). <br /> 15 <br />