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6.3 Bilingual Pay. An employee who is assigned by a Department Head or his or <br />her designee to a position requiring bilingual capability in both English and <br />either Spanish, Samoan, Vietnamese or other languages designated by the <br />City Manager, shall be paid a monthly assignment pay differential in <br />accordance with the criteria and amounts set forth below: <br />A. The employee must be certified by the Executive Directorof Personnel <br />Services, or his or her designee, as having satisfactorily demonstrated <br />conversational fluency in both English and the second language for <br />any position requiring bilingual capacity, <br />Positions where it has been determined by the Department Head that <br />bilingual proficiency is essential to carry out duties and responsibilities <br />of a critical and /or emergency nature without ready access to <br />backup assistance, or positions where bilingual public contact is a <br />major, essential or integral element of the work being performed, shall <br />be designated as Primary Bilingual Assignments. A qualified incumbent <br />of such position shall be paid a monthly differential of one hundred <br />seventy -five dollars ($175) above his /her then - current base monthly <br />salary step. <br />C. Positions where it has been determined by a Department Head that <br />regular and frequent bilingual usage is necessary to the performance <br />of duties, but not a major, essential or integral element of the work, <br />shall be designated as Secondary Bilingual Assignments. A qualified <br />incumbent of such position shall be paid a monthly differential of forty <br />dollars ($40) above his or her base monthly salary step for each full <br />month of such assignment, <br />D, The number of such Primary and /or Secondary Bilingual Assignments <br />shall be no larger than the requirements of the department as <br />determined by the Department Head and the City Manager. <br />E. There shall be periodic recertification of such bilingual capability. <br />All assignments to positions set forth in this Article shall be made or <br />revoked at the discretion of the Department Head. <br />G. If the City modifies the amount of bilingual pay for any other <br />bargaining unit during the term of this MOU, CASA agrees to form a <br />Joint Labor Management Team with the City to review bilingual pay <br />provisions and assignments (see also Article XX1, Section 21.3). <br />CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU: 2015-2017 Page 20 <br />25G -22 <br />