Common use of Acting Capacity Clause in Contracts

Acting Capacity. ‌ When Rutgers appoints by written notice an employee to temporarily work in a higher title in an acting capacity as an interim replacement for a period of ten (10) calendar days or more, the employee will be paid, retroactively to the first day of his/her temporary assignment, a rate of pay which would be equal to the rate the employee would receive if he/she were promoted to the higher title. It is not the intention of the University to rotate such assignments solely for the purpose of circumventing this benefit. If such assignment is not put in writing to the employee, the employee will not be held accountable for performing the higher level work.

Acting Capacity. ‌ When Rutgers appoints by written notice an employee to temporarily work in a higher title in an acting capacity as an interim replacement for a period of ten fifteen (1015) calendar days or more, the employee will be paid, retroactively to the first day of his/her temporary assignment, a rate of pay which would be equal to the rate the employee would receive if he/she were promoted to the higher title. It is not the intention of the University to rotate such assignments solely for the purpose of circumventing this benefit. If such assignment is not put in writing to the employee, the employee will not be held accountable for performing the higher level work.