(a) A temporary assignment means the assignment of an individual employee to a classification different from his or her own, which has substantially different duties than the employee would normally perform. A temporary assignment shall be effected by the appointing authority to meet the operational needs of the department due to illness, emergencies or special circumstances, and shall not be effected for disciplinary purposes. Temporary assignments shall be for ninety days or less. No employee shall serve more than three temporary assignments in any one calendar year. When the need for the employee’s services in the position to which he or she is transferred has expired, and/or when the ninety-day period has expired, he or she shall return to his or her regular classification, position and salary rate.
(b) An employee temporarily assigned to a position with a lower rate of pay shall not be reduced in pay. An employee, however, assigned to a classification with a higher rate of pay, shall be temporarily entitled to the minimum rate of the range to which the employee is temporarily assigned, or to a rate five percent above the employee’s regular salary, whichever is greater. In no event, however, will an employee receive a rate higher than the maximum rate for the class to which the employee is temporarily assigned.
(c) Benefits of an employee’s normally assigned class shall apply during his or her temporary assignment.
(Ord. 02-013. Passed 8-26-02.)