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42.4 Bilingual Pay <br /> <br /> Employees certified by the City as bilingual will receive thirty ($30) dollars per day bilingual <br />pay when they are required to use a second language. Effective October 1, 2013 bilingual pay <br />shall be increased to thirty-five ($35) dollars per day. <br /> <br />42.5 Tuition Reimbursement <br /> <br /> The Tuition Reimbursement Program is incorporated herein by reference. The maximum <br />tuition reimbursement benefit under the program is one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars per <br />employee on a fiscal year basis. <br /> <br /> A full-time employee who has completed their probationary period must submit a “Tuition <br />Reimbursement Request” and receive prior approval through their Supervisor, Department <br />Director, Human Resources Manager and City Manager prior to enrolling in a recognized <br />college, university or professional institution. College courses, to be eligible for <br />reimbursement, must be related to an employee’s area of employment. It is understood by the <br />parties that classes taken as prerequisites to an approved course of study are covered by this <br />Tuition Reimbursement Program, as are courses taken in preparation for an employees’ job <br />advancement within the City. A written explanation will be provided to any employee denied <br />tuition reimbursement. <br /> <br /> Reimbursement is only made if an employee successfully completes their coursework with a <br />grade of C or better. Eligible items for reimbursements are tuition and course-related book <br />expenses. <br /> <br />42.6 Domestic Partners <br /> <br />Domestic partners of City employees registered with the State of California shall be afforded <br />group health coverage eligibility and leave of absence rights to the extent required by law. No <br />additional group health coverage eligibility or leave of absence rights shall be provided to <br />domestic partners of City employees. <br /> <br />42.7 Fitness for Duty <br /> <br />The City will notify the Union before an employee is to be removed from service for a fitness- <br />for-duty examination. Such notification will be followed by a written notice giving the general <br />reasons for the scheduled examination to the Representative/Organizer of Local 21. <br /> <br />42.8 Application of Pay and Benefits <br /> <br />Only employees of the City, at the time this agreement is ratified by the City Council, are <br />eligible to receive any of the salary or benefits so provided. <br /> <br />42.9 COPE Deductions <br /> <br />The parties agree that effective the first of the second month following the ratification of this <br />agreement, employees will be able to have deductions made on a voluntary basis from their <br />salary to the COPE Political Action Fund. <br /> <br />42.10Notary Duties Pay <br /> <br />34