§ 2.48.170. Pay differentials.

Unless otherwise provided by a board of supervisors approved memorandum of understanding or by a board of supervisors resolution, nonmanagement employees and supervisory management employees, except law enforcement classes which enjoy peace officer retirement benefits, and except attorney classes, shall receive additional compensation in accordance with the following definitions and schedules:

(1)

Definitions and Rates.

a.

The unit factor shall be one cent.

b.

Except as provided in subsections (1)c. and (1)d. of this section, "on call" means that period of time during which an employee is required by his/her department head to be available by telephone for call back to work within a reasonable length of time.

1.

Department heads shall designate in writing to the auditor-controller the employees assigned to on-call duty. Except as hereinafter provided, on-call employees shall be paid at the rate of one hundred thirty-five units per hour while performing such duty.

c.

Standby Duty. The following applies to employees in the clerical, public services, supervisory and confidential representation units:

"Standby duty" is defined as that circumstance which requires the employee so assigned to:

1.

Be ready to respond in a reasonable time to calls for his/her service;

2.

Be readily available at all hours by telephone, or other communication devices, and;

3.

Refrain from activities which might impair his/her assigned duties upon call.

i.

Standby duty shall be assigned in writing and shall be compensated at the rate of one dollar and sixty-five cents per hour.

General Hospital nursing personnel, while on standby for operating room duty only, shall be paid at the rate of two hundred fifteen units per hour while performing such duty. All other nursing personnel shall be paid one hundred sixty-five units per hour while on standby duty.

An employee shall not receive standby pay for hours actually worked or for hours reimbursed by a call-back minimum.

d.

Standby Duty. The following applies to employees in the trades, crafts and services unit of representation:

"Standby" means that period of time during which an employee is required by his/her department head to be available for return to work within a reasonable length of time, and therefore requires the employee to:

1.

Be ready to respond in a reasonable time to calls for his/her service;

2.

Be readily available at all hours by telephone, or other communication devices; and

3.

Refrain from activities which might impair his/her assigned duties upon call.

Standby duty shall be assigned in writing and shall be compensated at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per hour effective July 1, 1983.

e.

Call-back. The following applies to employees in the clerical, public services and supervisory units of representation:

Those employees who are called back by management after a workshift ends, and actually report for duty, shall be paid or earn compensating time off at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum of two hours paid time for each occurrence. This section does not apply to the extension of a workshift when an employee is given notice of the extension within a reasonable time before the regular shift ends.

If an employee, who was called back to work and has completed his/her assignment and left work, is again called back to work, he/she will not receive another minimum if the time of return is within the previous two-hour minimum.

f.

Call-back. The following applies to employees in the trades, crafts and services unit of representation:

Those employees who are called back by management after a workshift ends, and actually report for duty, shall be paid or earn compensating time off at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum of two hours paid time for each occurrence. This section does not apply to the extension of a workshift when an employee is given notice of the extension within a reasonable time before the regular shift ends.

If an employee, who was called back to work and has completed his/her assignment and left work, is again called back to work, he/she will not receive another minimum if the time of return is within the previous two-hour minimum.

There shall be no more than two call-back minimums paid per shift, per employee.

g.

Shift Differentials.

1.

Employees in the trades, crafts and services unit of representation will be entitled to shift differentials as follows:

An employee who is required and authorized by management to work a regularly scheduled shift five-eighths of which falls between five p.m. and eleven p.m., when working such shifts, shall be paid an hourly shift differential for each hour worked on such shifts in the amount of five percent of the employee's hourly base rate of pay, computed to the closest unit factor.

An employee who is required and authorized by management to work a regularly scheduled shift which totally or partially falls between eleven p.m. and seven a.m., when working such shifts, shall be paid an hourly shift differential for each hour worked on such shift in the amount of ten percent of the employee's hourly base rate of pay, computed to the closest unit factor.

2.

All other employees shall be entitled to the following shift differentials:

An employee who is required and authorized by management to work a regularly scheduled shift five-eighths of which falls between six p.m. and eleven p.m., when working such shifts, shall be paid an hourly shift differential for each hour worked on such shift in the amount of five percent of the employee's hourly base rate of pay computed to the closest unit factor.

An employee who is required and authorized by management to work a regularly scheduled shift five-eighths of which falls between eleven p.m. and seven a.m., when working such shift, shall be paid an hourly shift differential for each hour worked on such shift in the amount of ten percent of the employee's hourly base rate of pay computed to the closest unit factor.

(2)

Hospital Differential Schedule. A nurse assigned to temporary duty as acting head nurse or acting supervisor nurse shall be paid at the rate of one hundred units per hour for work done in this capacity.

Nurses in the intensive care unit and critical care unit shall be paid at the rate of fifty-five units per hour for work done in this capacity.

Nurses in the obstetrics unit who have received the NAACOG certification shall be paid at the rate of fifty-five units per hour for work done in this capacity.

Nurses assigned to work at the County Jail shall be paid at the rate of fifty-five units per hour for work done in this capacity.

Nurses assigned to deliver babies: For each delivery, certified nurse midwives shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half their hourly rate of pay with eight hours paid time for each delivery, including attendant care, which shall serve as total compensation for each delivery, including attendant care. Nurses receiving this pay differential shall not be concurrently eligible for on-call or call back.

Nurses in the emergency room who have received a certificate as a CEN or an MICN shall be paid at the rate of fifty-five units per hour for work done in this capacity.

(3)

Schedule of Differential Units for County Engineer's Department. Each employee of the county engineer's department who is required to reside in the Simmler area as a condition of employment and who resides within ten miles of Simmler shall receive, in addition to his/her regular salary, the total of sixty units per paid hours not to exceed forty hours per week.

(4)

Differential for Bilingual Employees.

a.

When it has been determined by the personnel director that an employee's use of bilingual skills is essential and critical for the successful performance of the functions of the department, that employee shall receive a thirty-five-dollar per month differential. Written policies and procedures for determining eligibility for a differential shall be formulated by the personnel director and shall be made available to all department heads. This subsection shall also apply to employees who are in attorney classes represented by government attorney's unit.

b.

For employees in clerical, public services, supervisory and confidential units of representation, the following shall apply:

When it has been determined by the personnel director that an employee's use of bilingual skills is necessary for the effective performance of the functions of the department, that employee shall receive either forty dollars per month for less than full-time use, or eighty dollars per month for intense use that is required for successful performance of their duties.

1.

The forty dollar rate shall be paid to county employees who use bilingual skills on a frequent but intermittent basis. This skill is secondary to the normal job function.

2.

The eighty dollar rate shall be paid to a county employee who uses bilingual skills every work day as a regular and routine part of the job. The use of bilingual skills is a primary element of this employee's job.

In either case the county must determine that bilingual skills are essential for the successful performance of that job. All current administrative rules shall continue to apply. Discretion for this differential remains with the department head.

(5)

Exception of Fire Personnel. This section shall not apply to employees who are fire personnel.

(Ord. 2318 § 6, 1987: Ord. 2301 § 1, 1987; Ord. 2283 § 1, 1986; Ord. 2237 § 1, 1985; Ord. 2196 § 1, 1984; Ord. 2151 § 1, 1983; Ord. 2148 § 4, 1983; Ord. 2118 § 2, 1983; Ord. 2104 § 7, 1982; Ord. 2072 § 10, 1981: Ord. 2035 § 5, 1980: Ord. 2025 § 6, 1980: Ord. 1955 § 1, 1979: Ord. 1923 § 1, 1978: Ord. 1821 § 1, 1977: Ord. 1484 § 1, 1975; Ord. 1409 § 1, 1974; Ord. 1297 § 5, 1973; Ord. 1280 § 1, 1973; Ord. 1237 § 1, 1972; Ord. 1236 § 1, 1972: Ord. 1235 § 1, 1972: Ord. 1185 § 4, 1971: Ord. 1122 § 1, 1970: Ord. 1058 § 1, 1969: Ord. 1051 § 4, 1969: Ord. 935 § 1, 1967: Ord. 909 § 1 (part), 1967: Ord. 902 § 3, 1967: Ord. 858 § 2 (part), 1966: Ord. 806 § 1 (part), 1965: Ord. 757 § 1 (part), 1964: Ord. 684 § 1 (part), 1963: Ord. 648 § 1, 1962: Ord. 612 § 4, 1962: Ord. 552 § 2 (part), 1961: prior code § 2-024)