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760 — Probation <br />24.2 Bilingual Pay: Employees who demonstrate a verifiable fluency in Spanish and are willing to provide <br />interpretive services shall be eligible for bilingual pay. An objective, third -party testing service will be used <br />to establish an acceptable level of fluency. Employees must arrange with the Human Resources <br />Department to be tested. Bilingual pay will not be applied automatically or retroactively. Bilingual pay will <br />become effective on the first day of the pay period following receipt of test results. Misdemeanant <br />Probation/Juvenile Probation will be responsible for the cost of testing. Employees shall not suffer a loss <br />of pay while testing. However, overtime shall not result. <br />24.2.1 Employee scoring at the level of IL (Intermediate Low) to IH (Intermediate High) as stated in LTI <br />Language Testing will be considered conversationally acceptable and will receive an additional <br />1.5% of their base pay for as long as they are able and willing to provide interpretive services. <br />24.2.2 Employees scoring at the level of AL (Advanced Low) or above will be considered conversationally <br />fluent and will receive an additional 3% of their base pay for as long as they are able and willing <br />to provide interpretive services. <br />24.3 Contracted Consulting Services Stipend: A stipend of 5% of the base pay will be applied to Juvenile <br />Probation employees who have been trained and certified for contracted consulting services between <br />Kittitas County and the State of Washington to ensure statewide quality assurance and training in <br />evidence -based and promising programs, and Case Management Assessment Process. The 5%stipend will <br />be applied at the discretion of the Juvenile Court Administrator and Board of County Commissioners, <br />based upon the following criteria: <br />A. The eligible employee demonstrates they are able to effectively meet their job responsibilities <br />without undue burden on the County time and resources; and <br />B. The consulting contract is renewed, and consulting work is being performed. <br />C. The Employer may discontinue the stipend for any employee failing to meet those criteria, or if <br />the contract with the State is terminated. <br />ARTICLE 25 — PAY ARRANGEMENTS <br />25.1 All employees shall be paid monthly on the last working day of the month, and there shall be no deductions <br />other than required by law or authorization in writing by the employee. The requirement to pay the last <br />working day of the month is conditioned on there being no mechanical or procedural problems. <br />25.2 The Employer shall furnish each employee with an itemized statement of earnings and deductions, <br />specifying hours paid and other compensation payable to the employee as well as any and all deductions <br />from the employee's gross wages for the pay period. <br />25.3 Upon separation from County employment, the Employer shall pay monies due to the employee less <br />appropriate deductions in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Collective Bargaining <br />Agreement on the pay period following separation of employment. <br />16 <br />