Acting Capacity. An employee is considered to be in an acting capacity status when he or she is directed to perform the work of a higher salary grade position for a period of more than fifteen (15) consecutive workdays due to an extended vacancy in that position or the extended absence of the employee who occupies that position. An employee serving in acting capacity status is entitled to be paid at the salary step in the salary grade of the higher classified position that is four and one-half percent (4.5%) higher than the employee’s current rate of pay in the employee’s regular position, retroactive to include the fifteen (15) workday period. An employee may not be placed in an acting capacity status for more than fifteen (15) workdays without prior approval from the Executive Director. An employee may not acquire any preference to a higher job classification as a result of the temporary assignment. Employees will not be rotated in acting capacity in order to avoid payment of acting capacity pay. This Article will not be used in lieu of the proper processing of any request under the Reclassification Article or the filling of a vacancy pursuant to this Agreement.
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