(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 his/her 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 his/her 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.