[DEOC] Compensation for bilingual employees

Tue Jul 26 12:30:22 PDT 2022

Thank you, Robert! I agree -- this is an opportunity for institutions to live up to their words of valuing diversity and compensating folks for the added skills that they bring to the institution. And it would definitely be much more powerful coming as a commission recommendation.

So far, I've encountered positive response and support (from our VP of HR and VP of SS) to explore the establishment of a policy for premium pay to compensate bilingual skills (something that our classified staff currently have available IF the job description lists the language skill as required).

Hoping to take advantage of this positive momentum I'd really appreciate hearing from folks who have implemented a similar policy and also curious about any known skill assessment tools available.

Thanks,

Margarita

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Thank you for bringing this issue forward. I believe that as a practice, we should address these issues as a matter of practice. I’ll also temper that statement by saying we must choose our battles and this is one I’m for fighting. We know that compensation is one of the ways communities of color are impacted and our wisdom and gifts extracted by unfair and imbalanced labor practices.

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Subject: [DEOC] Compensation for bilingual employees

Hello DEOs,

This question has come up at WWCC, and I'm curious if any of your colleges has a policy/procedure or practice in place that might help guide our next steps.

As we build our capacity to better serve our Latinx students, we are seeing more job descriptions that list bilingual skills as preferred. As we hire those folks, many of them are often called upon to help with Spanish translation to students/individuals outside of their area of work. Even though they are happy to help, this growing practice presents equity issues for bilingual staff who are not directly tasked with providing translation services.

I'm curious if you're familiar with a policy or practice to help navigate this. I'd especially be interested in setting a policy to compensate employees for their time if they are helping beyond their job duties.

Thanks,

Margarita

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