Common use of Acting Pay Step Determined Clause in Contracts

Acting Pay Step Determined. As “acting”, the employee shall assume the acting title and at least the associated step 1 salary for the first six months of the acting period. The “acting” employee shall be paid a pay rate established for one of the pay steps in the salary range for the assigned classification. At the City Manager’s discretion, the employee shall be temporarily placed in a pay step for the assigned classification which provides at least the step 1 salary of the position being filled or a pay step in the assigned classification which provides at least a five percent (5%) increase in the employee’s salary if the employee’s salary is currently above the step 1 salary of the assigned classification. In no event shall the employee’s increased salary exceed the top step of the assigned position’s pay range.