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a Step C to Step D, after completion of 1,040 hours of work at Step C; <br /> e Step D to Step E, after completion of 1,040 hours of work at Step D. <br /> The effective date of an increase to a higher step shall be the first day of the pay <br /> period next following the date of completion of the specified number of work hours required <br /> for advancement. <br /> Section 4. Bilingual Pay. A Crossing Guard or other part-time employee who is assigned <br /> by a department head or his/her designee to a position requiring bilingual capability in both <br /> English and either Spanish, Samoan, Vietnamese or other languages designated by the City <br /> Manager, will be paid an hourly assignment pay differential in accordance with the criteria <br /> and amounts set forth below: <br /> A. Certification by the chief personnel officer as having satisfactorily <br /> demonstrated conversational fluency in both languages for any position requiring bilingual <br /> capability. <br /> B. Positions where it has been determined by the department head that bilingual <br /> proficiency is essential to carry out duties and responsibilities of a critical and/or <br /> emergency nature without ready access to backup assistance, or positions where bilingual <br /> public contact is a major, essential or integral element of the work being performed, will be <br /> designated as Primary Bilingual Assignments. Effective pay period September 16-30, 1989, a <br /> qualified incumbent of such position will be paid a differential of forty-three (43) cents <br /> ($0.43) per hour above his or her base hourly rate. <br /> C. Positions where it has been determined by a department head that regular and <br /> frequent bilingual usage is necessary to the performance of duties, but not a major, essential <br /> or integral element of the work, will be designated as Secondary Bilingual Assignments. <br /> Effective pay period September 16-30, 1989, a qualified incumbent of such position will be <br /> paid a differential of twenty-three (23) cents ($0.23) per hour above his or her base hourly <br /> rate. <br /> D. The number of such Primary and/or Secondary Bilingual Assignments shall be no <br /> larger than the requirements of the department as determined by the department head and the <br /> City Manager. <br /> E. There shall be periodic recertification of such bilingual capability. <br /> Section 5. Benefits <br /> Effective January 1, 1991, the City agrees to review and ascertain the costs of providing <br /> health insurance benefits to eligible part-time employees. The City shall also ascertain any <br /> administrative problems which would result from provision of such benefits. By agreeing to <br /> review the costs of providing this benefit, the City is not obligating itself to agreeing to <br /> provide this benefit during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding or any other, or <br /> implying that such a benefit will be provided in the future. <br /> ARTICLE 5. CITY-PAID TRAINING/INSTRUCTION <br /> If a part-time employee is required by his or her department head to attend a workshop, <br /> seminar, conference or similar training/educational activity, the expense, if any, shall be <br /> borne entirely by the department. <br /> 3 <br />