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8.3 After Hours Telephone Response An employee shall be compensated for responding to City phone calls or texts on work related matters from authorized City personnel after normal work hours. For calls that last up to fifteen (15) minutes, the employee shall be paid fifteen (15) minutes pay. For calls that last fifteen (15) to thirty (30) minutes, the employee shall be paid thirty (30) minutes pay. For calls that last longer than thirty (30) minutes, the employee shall be paid for all time worked calculated to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) of an hour and paid at the appropriate rate. Employees in the Information Technology Department may be requested to perform work remotely and after regular work hours rather than be called back to work in accordance with Section 8.2. In such cases, said employees will be paid one (1) hour of pay or actual time worked, whichever is greater. 8.4 Compensatory Time Off(CTO) Employees may be compensated for overtime worked either by monetary payment or by compensatory time off, at the option of the employee. Compensatory time shall accrue at the rate of one and one-half(1-1/2) times the overtime hours worked. Compensatory time off which accrues in excess of eighty (80) hours must be liquidated by monetary payment. All monetary payments for overtime must be paid not later than the next biweekly payroll following the pay period in which the overtime was worked. Utilization of compensatory time off shall be by mutual agreement between the Department Head and the employee. Upon termination, the employee shall be paid for his/her unused compensatory time. Overtime shall not be assigned on the basis of employee's choice of monetary payment or compensatory time off. Employees may, twice per year, be paid for all accrued and unused compensatory time, up to an amount not exceeding eighty (80) hours per calendar year. Said payment shall be made on the first pay day in June and on the first pay day in December. Written requests for payment must be made by the employee fifteen (15) days in advance of the first payday in June and December. 8.5 Bilingual Pay Effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2014 (July 5, 2014), the City will establish a Bilingual Pay program. The City agrees to pay a premium of fifty dollars ($50.00) per pay period to employees with bilingual skills, who occupy positions where the City has determined said skills are necessary or desired to serve the Pleasanton community. Qualifying languages for bilingual assignment include: • Spanish • Mandarin • Any foreign language as determined by the City -13 -