SANTA ANA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (“SAMA”)

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ARTICLE VI 6.0 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION 6.1 Bilingual Pak An employee whom the Executive Director or their designee assigns to a position requiring bilingual capability in both English and either Samoan, Spanish, Vietnamese, or other languages designated by the City Manager, will be paid a monthly premium in accordance with the criteria and amounts set forth below: A. Certification by the Executive Director of Human Resources as having satisfactorily demonstrated conversational fluency in both languages for any position requiring bilingual capability. B. Positions for which the Executive Director has determined that bilingual proficiency is essential to carry out duties and responsibilities of a critical and/or emergency nature without ready access to backup assistance, or positions where bilingual public contact is a major and essential element of the work being performed, will be designated as Primary Bilingual Assignments. A qualified incumbent of such position will be paid a monthly premium of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) above their then current base monthly salary step. C. Positions where it has been determined by the Executive Director that regular and frequent bilingual usage is necessary to the performance of duties, but not a major, essential or integral element of the work, will be designated as Secondary Bilingual Assignments. A qualified incumbent of such position will be paid a monthly premium of forty dollars ($40) above their then current base monthly salary step. D. The number of such Primary and/or Secondary Bilingual Assignment shall be no larger than the requirements of the department as determined by the Executive Director and the City Manager. E. Employees who receive bilingual assignment pay at the time this 2022-2025 MOU is adopted by the City Council shall recertify their bilingual capability every three (3) years with the first recertification conducted beginning in July 2025. Employees who do not successfully pass required recertification examinations shall have their bilingual assignment pay removed. Unsuccessful employees may retake the required certification exam every three (3) months. F. Employees who are initially certified for bilingual assignment pay after this 2022- 2025 MOU is adopted by the City Council shall recertify their bilingual capability every three (3) years after the date of initial certification. Employees who do not successfully pass required recertification examinations shall have their bilingual SANTA ANA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (SAMA) MOU: 2022-2025 m