SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) - PART-TIME CIVIL SERVICE (2010-2013)

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Part Time Civil Service employees. C. Payment. On the eleventh (1 1 th) consecutively scheduled working day an employee has been serving in a Temporary Upgrade Assignment, and for each additional consecutively scheduled working day the employee so serves, he or she shall receive the beginning rate (Step "AA") assigned to the higher classification or the lowest rate in that range which is at least ten (10) salary rate ranges (5%) higher than the current base salary rate he or she normally receives, whichever is greater. If an employee has worked ten (10) consecutive days during the term of this Agreement in a higher classification, the employee shall thereafter receive upgrade pay for each day the employee is assigned to work in the higher classification during the term of this Agreement. Employees must requalify for an upgrade (Temporary Assignment) if the employee has not worked in this specific upgrade assignment for a period of 18 consecutive months. The employee shall only be considered to work in a higher classification if such work is duly and specifically authorized by the employee's Department Head. 2. Special pay differentials, such as shift differential, bilingual pay, special skill pay, etc., being paid to an employee prior to becoming eligible for Temporary Upgrade Assignment Pay, will not be considered in computing the amount of higher pay to which he or she is entitled in Subparagraph S.SC above, unless the special circumstances upon which said additive is based are also applicable to the Temporary Upgrade Assignment and the employee otherwise meets the criteria established for such pay differential. 3. Temporary Upgrade Assignments which entail moving an employee into a classification represented by an employee unit other than that which represents his or her permanent classification shall not include any change in fringe benefits for the affected employee. 4. While working in a Temporary Upgrade Assignment, an employee will continue to accrue, and have recorded, general, special or normal salary step increases in the employee's permanent position; however, such salary increases will be paid only to maintain the minimum five percent (5%) differential above the salary to which an employee is entitled in his or her permanent position. 5.6 Assignments -Discretion. All assignments of personnel to positions set forth in Sections 5.1 through 5.5 above shall be made or revoked at the discretion of the Department Head. 5.7 Limitation on Assignment Pay Differentials. Employees covered by this Agreement and already receiving assignment pay under section 5.1 of this article and who continue to meet the qualifications described in the applicable assignment pay provisions of section 5.1 of this article shall continue to receive said pay under the current assignment pay formulas. Current employees who become eligible for, and are assigned, and do in fact begin receiving assignment pay under section 5.1 of this article prior to June 30, 2013, shall continue to receive said pay under the current assignment pay formulas provided 13