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<br />irrespective of his or her particular rank or step <br />within rank. <br /> <br />C. The City retains the right to require all personnel <br />qualified to perform paramedic duty to perform the <br />duties of his or her regular classification, including <br />firefighting duties, and while such personnel are not <br />assigned to and performing in the capacity of a <br />Paramedic or combination Firefighter/Paramedic on a <br />full-time basis, they shall not be entitled to the <br />paramedic duty pay differential set forth in <br />Subsection B above, unless assigned by the Fire Chief <br />to a temporary 40-hour workweek assignment of a <br />special and exceptional nature as authorized by the <br />City Manager. <br /> <br />5.5 Step-Up Pay. Each covered employee who works in a rank, <br />classification or position providing a higher base salary <br />than that to which he or she is currently assigned, which <br />shall be deemed step-up pay, shall, for each three hour <br />payroll increment worked by him or her in such higher <br />rank, classification or position, receive compensation <br />therefrom in the same amount and manner as if he or she <br />had been promoted to such higher rank, classification or <br />position. <br /> <br />5.6 Temporary Non-Suppression Assignments. Sworn firefighting <br />personnel or Paramedics who are assigned to work a <br />temporary duty assignment outside of Suppression and <br />Rescue shall be paid, effective the first day of such <br />temporary assignment, at a rate set 20 salary rate ranges <br />(approximately 10%) above his or her then current base <br />monthly salary step. In no event shall these assignment <br />bonuses be made for an employee on light duty and/or for <br />disciplinary reassignment purposes. <br /> <br />5.7 Hazardous Materials (Haz-Mat) Assignment Pay. Effective <br />July 1, 2005, up to 70 personnel who have successfully <br />completed the requisite Haz-Mat training program shall be <br />paid at a rate set 10 salary rate ranges (approximately <br />5%) above the current base monthly salary step to which <br />they would otherwise be entitled. Other employees covered <br />by this Agreement who are not regularly assigned to Haz- <br />Mat duty but work in a Haz-Mat assignment at the <br />discretion of the Department, shall, when assigned, be <br />paid in three (3) hour increments at a rate set 10 salary <br />rate ranges (approximately 5%) above the then current base <br />monthly salary step to which they would otherwise be <br />entitled. The Department agrees to provide annual Haz-Mat <br />physicals, at the City's expense, for up to 70 members of <br /> <br />18 <br />