Advancement within the Range Sample Clauses

Advancement within the Range. A. Advancement within a classification's salary range shall normally be granted on the employee's scheduled merit review date. Such advancements shall be based solely on meritorious job performance as documented by a satisfactory performance evaluation submitted by the department head and approved by the Administrative Services Director. B. All new and promoted employees shall be granted their first merit increase upon successful completion of the probationary period (see Section 8.02-Probation). The employee shall then be eligible for subsequent merit increases after each full year on paid status, continuing until the top of the salary range is attained. C. After successful completion of the full probation, employees hired into the Service or Parks Maintenance Trainee classification shall be promoted to the Maintenance Worker class in keeping with Section 10.01.02 A. above. The employee shall then be eligible for subsequent merit increases after each full year on paid status, continuing until the top of the salary range is attained. D. After successful completion of the full probation, employees hired into the Administrative Assistant I classification shall be promoted to the same pay rate in the Administrative Assistant II salary range. The employee shall then be eligible for subsequent merit increases after each full year on paid status, continuing until the top of the salary range is attained. E. Merit increases shall be from one pay step to the next higher pay step. F. A merit increase may be denied by the department head when an employee's job performance falls below the acceptable work standards for the duties assigned. The department head may, in such a case, recommend that the employee’s work performance be reviewed again at a specific time before the next review date. If a merit increase is granted at that time, the employee's original review date shall change and s/he shall be eligible for the next merit increase after one year on paid status from the new review date. If a merit increase is denied notice shall be given to the Union by mail or other agreed upon process upon request of the employee. G. An employee's scheduled merit review date shall be adjusted for any time spent by the employee on unpaid status in excess of 80 hours. H. When an employee's position is reclassified to a classification with a higher salary range, the employee's new pay shall be set at the first step of the new range or the next higher step in the new range that prov...