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15.4 Salary Increase on Reclassification Unless a higher rate of pay is mutually agreed upon by the parties, the reclassified employee(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 employee(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 employee is to be scheduled to work continuously during a twelve (12) month period. Benefits for regular part-time appointments, 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 employee's regularly scheduled hours each week by forty (40); multiplied by the City's contributions for full time employees. 15.5.2 Regular part-time appointed employees 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 employee going to regular part-time employment will retain his/her sick leave and vacation benefits. However, the employee 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 employee going to regular part-time employment will not serve a probationary period. 15.5.4 Variation of Hours and Benefits: The Parties acknowledge that the regularly scheduled hours of permanent part-time employees in the representation unit may vary from year to year. To ensure the equitable treatment of such employees, the Parties agree that each July, the City shall prepare a list of the straight time hours worked by each such employee in the immediately preceding fiscal year. The City shall provide a copy of this list to the Union by August 1st each year. Effective September 15r each year, the City shall adjust the prorated share of each such employee's benefits to reflect the portion of a regular full-time schedule that each employee worked in the immediately preceding fiscal year. If an employee falls below the twenty (20) hour per week average, the employee will no longer be eligible for the City's contribution towards medical, dental, or vision insurance, or the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) except where required by law. In the event the employee is no longer eligible to receive the City's contribution toward benefits, the employee will be offered COBRA where applicable. An employee who falls below the twenty (20) hour per week average, will also no longer be eligible for life insurance or long term disability. 15.6 Bilingual Differential 15.6.1 An employee 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 (2.5%) pay differential for the use of bilingual skills in job duties arising during the normal course of work. Sign language shall be 21