Common use of Work Above Class Clause in Contracts

Work Above Class. The General Manager or designee may temporarily assign any employee to perform duties normally assigned to a classification with a higher salary without changing the salary of such employee provided the temporary assignment concludes at the end of the fiscal year and does not exceed twenty (20) work days in a one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day period. If an employee is assigned to a classification with a higher salary range for a period of time exceeding this, the employee shall be compensated, beginning with the 21st work day of such above-class assignment, at an amount equal to what the employee would receive if promoted to the higher class or 5% if no class exists. Employees who are being paid for working in a higher classification are not eligible for merit increases in the higher classification. Whenever an employee working in a higher classification receives a merit increase in the employee’s regular classification or the employee’s regular salary is otherwise increased or decreased, the employee’s pay for working above class shall be adjusted so that the employee continues to be compensated at the rate specified above.