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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, or any department personnel ordinance, or other ordinance, the provisions of this section shall control payment of adjusted or additional compensation, sometimes referred to as premium pay, during vacation time and holidays and shall control the basis for computation of sick leave pay and compensation for overtime.
(a) Any employee who is regularly assigned to hours of work or duties required to qualify such employee to receive adjusted compensation pursuant to Notes H or N of Salary Notes of Schedule “A” of Section 4.61 and Section 4.72 of this Code, or pursuant to a specific provision contained in any department personnel ordinance that authorizes additional or premium pay under specified working conditions or hours, shall be entitled to receive such adjusted compensation during the employee's absence from work while on vacation, a holiday, sick leave or other authorized absence with pay, including any time off for overtime.
(b) For the purpose of computing cash compensation for overtime, an employee’s regular salary shall include any adjusted or additional compensation pursuant to said notes of Schedule “A” or pursuant to any specific provisions in a department personnel ordinance which authorizes additional or adjusted compensation, provided, however, that the hours of work or duties required qualifies such employees to receive adjusted or additional compensation during the overtime worked.
(c) As used in this section the term “regularly assigned” shall mean those employees who are certified to the Controller by the administrative head of such department as being qualified and assigned to perform the particular duties described in the appropriate note to Schedule “A.” Such certification to be made at the time of such assignment and to remain in effect until changed by said Administrative head.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 89,100.
Amended by: Ord. No. 127,975; Subsec. (a), Ord. No. 149,072, Eff. 12-16-76; Subsec. (a), Ord. No. 154,608, Eff. 10-31-80, Oper. 8-28-80; Subsec. (a), Ord. No. 185,358, Eff. 12-27-17.
Sec. 4.82. Salary of Retired Persons Employed by City Under Charter, Section 1164.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by: Ord. No. 138,701, Eff. 5-19-69.
Amended by: Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
Repealed by Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
(a) Selection of Eligible Employees. Employees in the classes of Garage Attendant, Code 3534; Construction Equipment Service Worker, Code 3541, and Mechanical Helper, Code 3771, whose eligibility has been determined in accordance with procedures established under the provisions of Division 4, Chapter 7, Article 6 of this Code, may be designated by their appointing authority to participate in a state approved Equipment Mechanic Apprenticeship Program.
(b) Equipment Mechanic Apprentice Salaries. Employees so designated shall receive the salaries hereinafter set forth. The salary rates are to be as fixed in this article. Employees shall receive said salaries while assigned to the Equipment Mechanic Apprenticeship Program in lieu of the regular salaries fixed in Schedule “A” of Section 4.61 for their respective classes. If an employee prior to being assigned to the Equipment Mechanic Apprenticeship Program is receiving salary, exclusive of any premium or adjusted compensation, greater than the rate herein prescribed the existing rate shall be continued. Said salaries shall be in the percentage of the rate ap proved by the City Council for the class Equipment Mechanic, Code 3711-5 as follows:
First Year: 85%
Second Year: 90%
Third Year: 95%
(c) Additional Adjusted Compensation. Employees assigned to the Equipment Mechanic Apprenticeship Program shall receive, in addition to the above salary, adjusted compensation as provided in Notes “K” and “N” in cases where employees are performing the duties and working the hours prescribed in said notes; and those employees shall receive a salary adjustment of 8.25% while performing the duties described in Section 4.61 ALTERNATIVE PAY GRADE 6.
(d) Advancement in Salaries. Employees assigned to the Equipment Mechanic Apprenticeship Program shall normally enter the formal stage of such program at the first year salary rate and progress to the second year’s salary rate after the completion of one year from date of entry into the program and advance to the third salary rate after the completion of two years from such date of entry. The Apprenticeship Committee established under the provisions of Division 4, Chapter 7, Article 6 of this Code to administer the program may recommend to the appointing authority in writing for entry of an employee into the program at higher than the first year rate and may recommend an employee to advance to the next rate prior to the completion of one year. Recommendations shall be based on the individual employee’s experience and the employee’s progress under the program.
All recommendations hereinabove referred to shall be approved by the Apprenticeship Committee and forwarded to the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services, who shall certify to the Controller those instances where an employee may enter the program above the first year rate or advance to the next higher rate prior to the completion of one year.
Authorization for the third year rate will expire no later than six months after the completion of the employee’s third year in the program.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by: Ord No. 141,722, Eff. 3-23-71.
Amended by: Subsec. (b), Ord No. 142190, Eff. 7-1-71; Subsec. (b), Ord No. 143,600, Eff. 6-29-72, Oper. 7-1-72; Subsec. (b), Ord No. 144,850, Eff. 6-21-73, Oper. 7-1-73; Subsec. (b), Ord No. 146,255, Eff. 7-9-74; Subsec. (b), Ord No. 147,728, Eff. 9-26-75, Oper. 7-1-75; Subsec. (b), Ord. No. 148,563, Eff. 7-12-76, Oper. 7-4-76; Subsec. (c), Ord. No. 149,324, Eff. 3-1-77, Oper. 8-10-76; Ord. No. 150,272, Eff. 11-3-77, Oper. 7-1-77; Subsecs. (b) and (c), Ord. No. 152,230, Eff. 4-23-79, Oper. 7-1-78; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
(a) Whenever the administrative head of any department, bureau or office determines that it is necessary or desirable that a position be filled by a person able to converse fluently in a language other than English, or speak, write and interpret a language other than English, the administrative head shall transmit to the Controller a written statement approving payment of a bilingual premium, as provided by this section, to the person occupying such a position and possessing such bilingual skills.
(b) After authorizing payment of a bilingual premium, the administrative head of the department shall certify to the Controller the name of any person eligible for a bilingual premium, and the Personnel Department shall certify to the Controller that the employee has qualified under its standards of fluency and proficiency for said language. Upon a position being filled with an employee possessing the applicable bilingual skills, the bilingual premium payment for such employee shall be effective the first day of the pay period in which the employee is certified by the Personnel Department as being proficient in said language. If the employee was previously certified by the Personnel Department as proficient for said language prior to occupying the position, then the bilingual premium payment will commence upon assignment to the position.
(c) Persons in classifications compensated by a 5-step, 12-step, or 15-step salary plan who are employed in such positions and certified as being qualified by the Personnel Department shall receive a bilingual premium of one premium level rate for duties requiring that they converse fluently in a language other than English, or two premium level rates for duties requiring that they interpret another language other than English, in addition to conversing fluently in that language. Persons in classifications not compensated by a 5-step, 12-step, or 15-step salary plan who are employed in such positions and certified as being qualified by the Personnel Department shall receive a bilingual premium of 2 3/4 percent of their salary or wages for duties requiring that they converse fluently in a language other than English, or of 5 1/2 percent of their salary or wages for duties requiring that they interpret and write a language other than English, in addition to conversing fluently in that language.
(d) Persons employed in non-represented classifications who have been approved for bilingual premium pay in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) above, shall receive a non-pension based bilingual bonus of $25 per pay period for either writing (including reading and interpreting) or conversing fluently in a language other than English, or $50 per pay period for writing (including reading and interpreting) in addition to conversing fluently in a language other than English. Eligible non-represented employees shall receive no more than one bilingual bonus per pay period.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by: Ord. No. 144,850, Eff. 4-4-73.
Amended by: Subsec. (c), Ord. No. 145,929, Eff. 5-14-74, Oper. 5-26-74; Subsec. (c), Ord. No. 148,563, Eff. 7-12-76, Oper. 7-4-76; In Entirety, Ord. No. 154,910, Eff. 4-2-81; Subsec. (c), Ord. No. 155,160, Eff. 6-19-81; Subsecs. (a), (b), (c), Ord. No. 158,612, Eff. 2-17-84; Subsec. (d) Deleted, Ord. No. 170,864, Eff. 1-22-96, Oper. 1-22-96; Subsec. (d) Added, Ord. No. 181,137, Eff. 4-2-10; Subsecs. (b) and (c), Ord. No. 186,341, Eff. 11-3-19.
(a) Whenever a City department desires to have an employee certified as proficient in American Sign Language (ASL) as necessary to provide City services to the deaf community, the administrative head of that department shall transmit a written request to the Personnel Department to certify the employee as qualified to communicate fluently in ASL. The Personnel Department shall certify to the Controller, and to the appointing authority, that the employee has been certified and is eligible for sign language bonus pay as provided in subsections (b) and (c) below.
(b) Unless provided otherwise in a Memorandum of Understanding, certified employees who are required to utilize sign language skills in the performance of their job duties shall be compensated at the rate of $5.00 per day for each business day they are required to utilize their skills, not to exceed $50 bi-weekly.
(c) Prior to an eligible employee receiving sign language bonus pay for each business day on which the employee’s sign language skills were utilized, the employee’s appointing authority or designated representative shall certify to the Controller that the eligible employee utilized sign language communication skills in performance of the employee’s duties as requested by the City on each such business day.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 149,325, Eff. 3-2-77.
Amended by: Subsec. (d), Ord. No. 159,572, Eff. 12-21-84; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00; In Entirety, Ord. No. 181,786, Eff. 7-19-11.
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