SANTA ANA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (2014-2015)

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ARTICLE VI 6.0 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION 6.1 Bilingual Pay. An employee whom the Executive Director or his designee assigns to a position requiring bilingual capability in both English and either 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 Personnel Services 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 his or her 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 differential of forty dollars ($40.00) above his or her monthly salary step for each of such assignment. 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. There may be annual re- certification of such bilingual capability. 6.2 All assignments to positions set forth in this Article shall be made or revoked at the discretion of the Executive Director. 19