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them for lead pay on or after June 17, 2023. <br />5.3 Bilingual Pay <br />An employee who is assigned by a Department Head or their designee to a position <br />requiring bilingual capability in both English and any other language or sign language, <br />shall be paid a monthly assignment pay differential in accordance with the criteria and <br />amounts set forth below: <br />A. Certification <br />Certification by the Executive Director Human Resources or designee as having <br />satisfactorily demonstrated conversational fluency in both languages for any <br />position requiring bilingual capacity. There shall be periodic recertification of such <br />bilingual capability. <br />B. Primary Bilingual Assignments <br />Assigned positions where it has been determined by the Department Head that <br />bilingual proficiency is essential to carry out duties and responsibilities of a critical <br />and/or emergency nature without ready access to backup assistance, or positions <br />where bilingual public contact is a major, essential, or integral element of the work <br />being performed, will be designated as Primary Bilingual Assignments. <br />A qualified incumbent of such position shall be paid a monthly differential of one <br />hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175.00) for each full month of such assignment. <br />C. SecondaU Bilingual Assignment <br />Assigned positions where it has been determined by a Department Head that regular <br />and frequent bilingual usage is necessary to the performance of duties, but not a <br />major, essential or integral element of the work, will be designated as Secondary <br />Bilingual Assignments. <br />A qualified incumbent of such position shall be paid a monthly differential of forty <br />dollars ($40.00) for each full month of such assignment. <br />D. Limits on Assi <br />The number of bilingual assignments shall be no larger than the requirements of <br />the department, as determined by the Department Head and the City Manager. <br />E. Limits on Bilingual Pay <br />In no event shall an employee be eligible to earn more than one (1) bilingual pay <br />differential. <br />2025 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full -Time Employees Unit Page 20 <br />