Salary Increments The Employer may grant an increment for meritorious service after an Employee has served for a period of twelve (12) months following the day established in Article 25.07 or twelve (12) months following the date of a change in his rate of compensation as established in Articles 25.04, 25.05, or 25.06.
Increment (a) If the Reference Tonnage Handled by all Access Holders plus the Excess Tonnage Shipped by all Access Holders in a Financial Year exceeds the Aggregate Reference Tonnage ("Over-shipment"), DBCT Management will initially hold (or be entitled to hold - if it is has not actually been paid the relevant amount) a portion of the revenue attributable to the Over-shipment of up to and including 2% of the Revenue Cap (the "Provisional Increment") calculated in accordance with Sub¬Section 4 (b) below.
Service Increments For unit members hired from January 1 through June 30 on an 11 or 12 month contract their first step increment will be the following January 1. For unit members hired from January 1 through June 30 on a 10 month contract their first step increment will be the following February 1. For unit members hired from July 1 through December 31 on an 11 or 12 month contract their first step increment will be on January 1 after completing one (1) full year of service. For unit members hired from July 1 through December 31 on a 10 month contract their first step increment will be on February 1 after completing one (1) full year of service. Subsequent step movements will occur on January 1 for 11 and 12 month contract unit members and will occur February 1 for 10 month contract unit members.