Common use of Bilingual Differential Pay Clause in Contracts

Bilingual Differential Pay. Bilingual Differential Pay applies to those positions designated by the employing agency as eligible to receive bilingual pay according both to its Exceptional Allocation Delegation Agreement with the Department of Human Resources and to the following standards: A. Definition of Bilingual Position for Bilingual Differential Pay 1. A bilingual position for salary differential purposes requires the use of a bilingual skill on a continuing basis averaging ten percent (10%) of the time. Anyone using their bilingual skills ten percent (10%) or more of the time will be eligible whether they are using them in a conversational, interpretation, or translation setting. In order to receive bilingual differential pay, the employee must be certified under the authority of the Department of Human Resources as a qualified bilingual employee, and the position must be designated bilingual by the employing agency. (Estimated time spent on bilingual activities should be based on the average during a given fiscal year.) 2. The position must be in a work setting that requires the use of bilingual skills to meet the needs of the public in either: a. A direct public contact position; b. A hospital or institutional setting dealing with patient or inmate needs; c. An educational facility dealing with student needs; d. A position utilized to perform interpretation, translation or specialized bilingual activities for the department and its clients. 3. Position(s) must be in a setting where there is a demonstrated client or correspondence flow where bilingual skills are clearly needed. 4. Actual time spent conversing or interpreting in a second language and closely related activities performed directly in conjunction with the specific bilingual transaction will count toward the ten percent (10%) standard.

Bilingual Differential Pay. Bilingual Differential Pay applies to those positions designated by the employing agency as eligible to receive bilingual pay according both to its Exceptional Allocation Delegation Agreement with the Department of Human Resources and to the following standards: A. Definition of Bilingual Position for Bilingual Differential Pay 1. A bilingual position for salary differential purposes requires the use of a bilingual skill on a continuing basis averaging ten percent (10%) of the time. Anyone using their bilingual skills ten percent (10%) or more of the time will be eligible whether they are using them in a conversational, interpretation, or translation setting. In order to receive bilingual differential pay, the employee must be certified under the authority of the Department of Human Resources as a qualified bilingual employee, and the position must be designated bilingual by the employing agency. (Estimated time spent on bilingual activities should be based on the average during a given fiscal year.) 2. ) The position must be in a work setting that requires the use of bilingual skills to meet the needs of the public in either: a. A direct public contact position; b. A hospital or institutional setting dealing with patient or inmate needs; c. An educational facility dealing with student needs; d. A position utilized to perform interpretation, translation or specialized bilingual activities for the department and its clients. 32. Position(s) must be in a setting where there is a demonstrated client or correspondence flow where bilingual skills are clearly needed. 43. Actual time spent conversing or interpreting in a second language and closely related activities performed directly in conjunction with the specific bilingual transaction will count toward the ten percent (10%) standard.