No employee shall be required to work out of classification if there is a vacancy and an eligibility list for that classification, except alternates may be used as provided in Section 2117.55, “Alternates”, and except crews and teams may interchange functions per Section 2117.93, “Working Below Classification”.
Employees required to work above their classification(s) or pay rate shall receive the higher rate of pay for said higher classification(s); except that coverage for normal lunch hours and breaks for a position with some overlapping responsibilities shall not entitle the employee to the higher rate of pay. The employee shall be paid the starting rate for said higher classification unless that rate is less than four percent (4%) greater than the rate the employee was earning in his regular classification, in which case the employee shall be paid four percent (4%) more than his regular rate. An employee appointed on an alternate basis to positions in the Local 2058 Bargaining Unit shall be paid the full Local 2058 rate for the higher classification where the start rate is not at least four percent (4%) greater than his regular rate.