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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 their 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 • American Sign Language (ASL) Upon written recommendation of the Department Head, Human Resources may approve a bilingual assignment once the employee has undergone appropriate testing and been certified as bilingual. The City reserves the right to terminate a bilingual assignment when it is determined that the need for such assignment no longer exists. Section 9. Standby Time Standby time is that amount of specific and predetermined time that an employee is required to be on call in addition to the normal work day and shall be compensated at a rate of pay equal to twenty (20) hours of pay for each seven (7) day period spent on standby. The hours of daily standby duty for water division employees and sanitary sewer division employees shall be 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. The requirement that -13 -