R-026-14 Revising R-11-11 Governing Compensation and Benefits of Non-represented Confidential Group Employees

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Requests for Special Assignment Compensation may be initiated by the City or by an employee via their supervisor. The City bears the responsibility for initiating the compensation request in a timely manner and adhering to the compensation provisions defined in this article. The employee's supervisor shall obtain review and approval of the request in advance of the date the employee begins the assignment. A special assignment will only begin with the Human Resources Manager's signed approval, written description of the assignment, agreement of the amount of additional compensation, anticipated duration of assignment and signed acceptance by the employee. Section 4. Bilingual Pay. The City agrees to pay fifty dollar ($50) per month (twenty-five ($25) to be paid on the first two pay periods of the month) to Confidential Group employees who successfully complete a bilingual examination and who have been approved by the City Manager. When the skill is no longer needed, the employee is not required to use it, or ceases to possess it, the Department Director shall terminate the bilingual compensation by written notice to the Human Resources Manager and employee. The Human Resources Manager may also terminate the bilingual compensation if he/she makes a like determination, and shall notify the Department Director. The bilingual pay is tied to the position rather than the individual employee, and will terminate if the employee moves to a new position. ARTICLE III BENEFITS Section 1. Retirement — PERS. The City shall provide Confidential Group employees with retirement benefits, as currently specified under the city's applicable contracts with the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and consistent with the provisions of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) . Each employee shall pay the full amount of the normal member contribution. Any Unit member that established Ca1PERS membership prior to the implementation of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) in connection with City employment or that otherwise establishes "classic member" status, as defined in Section 579.1 of the California Code of Regulations, shall be subject to one of the following pre-PEPRA retirement formulas determined on the basis of their original date of hire: 2.7% at 55 or 2.5% at 55. The normal member contribution applicable to members participating in these retirement formulas continues to be 8%. Any Unit member that is considered a "new member" as defined in PEPRA shall be subject to the PEPRA retirement formula for miscellaneous members is a maximum of 2.5% at 67. The normal member contribution for "new members" will be determined by Ca1PERS in accordance with PEPRA. Section 2. Retirement — PERS Forth Level Survivor Benefit. The City will provide PERS 1959 Forth Level Survivor benefits to all Confidential Group miscellaneous employees, as set forth in Sections 21571 - 21583 of the Government Code. Resolution No. R-26-14 Page 4 of 14