Special Circumstances Pay Sample Clauses

Special Circumstances Pay. ‌ An employee in a regular position who is assigned to work in the community of ▇▇▇▇▇ shall receive a pay differential of five percent (5%) of the employee’s base hourly rate, up to the employee’s standard hours per pay period. Employees assigned to work in ▇▇▇▇▇ who are subsequently reassigned to a different work location shall no longer be eligible for the pay differential. The Fire Chief shall designate the communities eligible for Special Circumstances Pay. Employees eligible for the pay provided in this Article who are not in paid status (i.e., not coding paid hours) during a pay period shall not receive the Special Circumstances pay for that pay period. DIRECT DEPOSIT (ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS)‌ All employees must make and maintain arrangements for the direct deposit of paychecks and reimbursements into the financial institution of their choice via electronic fund transfer. Employees who have not made such arrangement by the end of the 4th pay period after their date of hire shall be subject to disciplinary action. Employees who fail to make arrangements for direct deposit shall receive paychecks and/or reimbursements via pay card. In cases where an employee is unable to make such arrangements for electronic fund transfer, the Director of Human Resources may allow an exception to this article. Any exceptions granted may be reviewed periodically for continuation, subject to the approval of the Director ofs Human Resources. DISASTER SERVICE WORKERS‌ All employees covered by this Agreement are public employees, and, as such, are to serve as disaster service workers subject to such service activities as may be assigned to them by their superiors or by law, pursuant to Government Code Section 3100. DOWNGRADINGS‌ A downgrading is the reclassification of a position from one classification to another classification having a lower base salary range. When a position is downgraded, the incumbent employee may continue at the same salary rate payment where the salary rate is within the new base salary range. Where an incumbent receives a salary rate payment greater than the maximum of the new base salary range, the Director of Human Resources may authorize continuation of the same salary rate payment to the incumbent employee that the employee received prior to the downgrading of the position by placing the employee on an “X” step, provided that the employee shall receive no future salary rate increases until the salary range maximum of the new classification excee...