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7.1.A. - Page 51 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN REDWOOD CITY AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 RE: SUCCESSOR MOU 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 lob 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. 15.6.3 Eligibility for the regular or advanced bilingual pay differential shall be determined by the 1=1-u+man Resources Director Personnel Officer on the basis of an oral proficiency test and an oral and written proficiency test, respectively. Both tests will be developed and administered by the City. To retain the 2.5% or 5% differential, workers will be required to pass the City's bi annual proficiency test once every three years. 15.6.5 The City has the right to discontinue the bilingual differential at any time, provided the City gives the exclusive representative ten (10) days' notice prior to revocation, in order to allow the opportunity for the parties to meet and confer. 15.6.4 Bilingual skills shall not be a condition of employment except for workers who are hired specifically with that requirement. If a worker is hired under this provision, that requirement shall be included in the initial appointment letter. 15.6.6 No worker shall be required to use bilingual skills who is not compensated under this Article. 15.10 Temporary Upgrading The City agrees that any worker who is assigned by the Supervisor to work in a higher paid classification shall receive the rate of pay at the bottom of the range of the higher classification or an increase of five percent (5%), whichever is greater, for all hours worked of four(4) hours or more in one (1) working day. A worker shall not be paid temporary upgrade pay in increments of less than four (4) hours in one (1) working day. In no event shall the worker so assigned receive more than the top of the range for the higher classification. Workers on temporary upgrade of at least three (3) consecutive workdays shall receive the upgrade rate for all standby duty and call-back overtime pay earned while in the upgrade. Page 5 of 20