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at step 10 of the fire captain wage scale and would not be eligible for Haz-Mat compensation until 12 <br />months after promotion.) <br />An employee moving from the firefighter paramedic classification to the fire engineer classifications will <br />be placed at step 8 of the fire engineer pay scale. <br />When an employee is demoted, whether such demotion is voluntary or otherwise, that employee's <br />compensation shall be adjusted to the salary prescribed for the classification to which the employee is <br />demoted. The specific rate of pay within the salary range shall be determined by the City Manager, whose <br />decision shall be final; provided, however, that the employee's rate of pay shall not be lower than the <br />salary rate the employee would earn had the employee remained in the lower classification. <br />5.8 Acting Fire Marshal Compensation <br />If both the Fire Marshal and Assistant Fire Marshal are physically unavailable, the Fire Chief may assign <br />a Fire Inspector or Hazardous Materials Inspector to serve as Acting Fire Marshal. Employees assigned <br />as the Acting Fire Marshal will receive acting pay of 5% of their current base hourly wage for each hour <br />worked as Acting Fire Marshal. <br />5.9 Cumulative Incentive Allowance Limitation <br />Effective August 1, 2007, there will be a cap of fifteen percent (15%) for all incentive allowance categories <br />over and above base salary. This includes, but is not limited to: acting pay, paramedic pay, hazardous <br />materials team pay and educational incentive pay. This cap applies for all hours worked in a pay period, <br />a month or annually. <br />The Cumulative Incentive Allowance Limit will be waived for the duration of this contract. <br />5.10 Bilingual Pay <br />Employees certified as competent at the conversational level in Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic (including <br />Persian, Iranian and Farsi), Chinese, Cambodian, Sign Language and other languages as determined by <br />the Fire Chief, shall receive forty-five dollars ($45) per pay period for each full pay period they remain <br />certified. Employees receiving bilingual pay are subject to periodic recertification as a condition of <br />receiving such payments. <br />Competency at the conversational level shall be determined in accordance with the City of Livermore's <br />existing process for certifying other employees in the above -referenced languages. <br />Section 6. Hours of Work, Shift & Station Assignments <br />6.1 Work Schedules <br />The regular work schedule for employees in the classifications of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, and Fire <br />Captain shall be the 48/96 shift schedule worked in accordance with the following chart: <br />X = 24 hour on -duty period <br />