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9 <br /> Effective the first pay period on or after June 1, 2024, employees assigned to the SWAT Team <br />or Hostage Negotiations Team (HNT) shall receive a Fugitive Officer premium equal to two <br />and one-half percent (2.5%) of base pay. Effective June 1, 2025, employees assigned to the <br />SWAT Team or Hostage Negotiations Team (HNT) shall receive a Fugitive Officer premium <br />equal to five percent (5%) of base pay. <br />7.15 Bilingual Pay <br /> <br /> The parties mutually acknowledge that employees in represented classifications are routinely <br />and consistently assigned to positions requiring communication skills in languages other than <br />English. The City agrees to pay a premium of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per pay period to <br />employees with bilingual skills. <br /> <br /> Qualifying languages for bilingual assignment include: <br /> Spanish <br /> Mandarin <br /> Farsi <br /> Punjabi <br /> Any foreign language as determined by the City <br /> American Sign Language (ASL) <br /> <br />Employees receiving bilingual pay will provide bilingual services as needed to provide police <br />services while on duty. Upon the Police Chief’s written recommendation, Human Resources <br />shall approve a bilingual assignment once the employee has undergone appropriate testing and <br />been certified as bilingual. Employees receiving bilingual pay are subject to periodic <br />recertification as a condition of receiving such payments. The City reserves the right to remove <br />a bilingual qualifying language when it is determined that the need for such services no longer <br />exists, however, the City shall provide the Association with advance written notice and an <br />opportunity to meet and confer prior to implementing any changes to qualifying bilingual <br />languages. <br /> <br />7.16 Shift Differential <br /> <br />Effective the first full pay period following June 1, 2026 (June 6, 2026), employees whose <br />regularly scheduled work shifts include the hours between midnight and 0600 hours will <br />receive a three percent (3%) shift differential for all hours in paid status. <br /> <br />Effective the first full pay period following June 1, 2028 (June 3, 2028), employees whose <br />regularly scheduled work shifts include the hours between midnight and 0600 hours will <br />receive an additional two percent (2%) shift differential for a total of five percent (5%) for all <br />hours in paid status. <br /> <br /> <br />Section 8. Overtime <br /> <br />8.1 Shift Extension Overtime <br /> Employees who are required to work in excess of their regular work day shall be entitled to <br />overtime compensation for all hours so worked; provided, however, that the overtime rate shall <br />be computed at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee's regular rate of pay as calculated <br />as follows: <br />Page 179 of 248