Common use of Class Maintenance Studies Clause in Contracts

Class Maintenance Studies. The Employer may initiate class maintenance studies related to a specific class or a group of positions within a department/division to maintain the integrity of the Employer’s classification system. The Employer will consider requests by the Union, a Department, or a Division to initiate such studies. The format of these studies may include an informal survey or an in-depth study of changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied at the discretion of the Human Resources Department. Individuals in a studied class may not request a position study while the Maintenance Study is in progress. If the study is not completed within 120 days, the employee may request an individual position audit using the previously stated process and time frames for job audits. If a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a class maintenance study to a class providing a higher maximum salary, no vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. Upon reclassification, the incumbent employees shall be appointed to the reclassified position and the incumbent employees’ pay shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.03, Subd. 1 of this Agreement. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be January 1st of the calendar year following completion of the study. Incumbent employees shall maintain the classification seniority date of their previous classification as the classification seniority date of the new classification. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the incumbent employees who have been permanently certified to the involved positions. When a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a Maintenance Study to a class providing a lower maximum salary, the involved incumbent employee may request that the reclassification be considered to be a layoff. If so requested, the provisions of Article 8 ("Xxxxxx and Recall from Layoff") shall be applied. In the alternative, the involved incumbent employee may elect to remain in the reclassified position and the incumbent employee's pay shall be frozen until such time as the salary for the new classification is the same or greater than the salary as frozen, at which point the salary schedule for the classification shall govern future changes. Beginning January 1, 2016, the Human Resources Department will develop an on-going schedule of class maintenance studies that provides for a maintenance study on a rotating basis at least once every five (5) calendar years. Such studies may be done more frequently as needed to maintain the integrity of the classification system.

Class Maintenance Studies. The Employer may initiate class maintenance studies related to a specific class or a group of positions within a department/division as needed to maintain the integrity of the Employer’s classification system. The Employer will consider requests by the Union, a Department, or a Division Union to initiate such studies. The format of these studies may include an informal survey or an in-depth study of changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied at the discretion or an in-depth study of the Human Resources Department. Individuals changes in a studied class may not request a position study while the Maintenance Study is in progress. If kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the study is not completed within 120 days, the employee may request an individual position audit using the previously stated process and time frames for job auditsclassification was last studied. If a class or group of positions is/are is reclassified pursuant to a class maintenance study to a class providing a higher maximum salary, no vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. Upon reclassification, the The involved incumbent employees shall be appointed may elect to remain in the reclassified position and the incumbent employees’ their pay shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.03, Subd. 1 3 of this Agreement. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be January 1st of the calendar year following completion of the study. Incumbent employees shall maintain the classification seniority date of their previous classification as the classification seniority date of the new classification. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the incumbent employees who have been permanently certified to the involved positions. When If a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a Maintenance Study class maintenance study to a class providing a lower maximum salary, the incumbent employees' wages may be frozen at his/her current rate until the new wage schedule equals or exceeds the wage of the incumbent. As an alternative, the involved incumbent employee employees may request that the reclassification be considered to be a layoff. If so requested, the provisions of Article 8 ("Xxxxxx and Recall from From Layoff") shall be applied. In the alternative, the involved incumbent employee may elect to remain in the reclassified position and the incumbent employee's pay shall be frozen until such time as the salary for the new classification is the same or greater than the salary as frozen, at which point the salary schedule for the classification shall govern future changes. Beginning January 1, 2016, the The Human Resources Department will develop an on-going initial schedule of class maintenance studies in conjunction with the Union that provides that each class will be reviewed within six (6) calendar years from the date of execution of this Agreement. Thereafter, Human Resources will develop an ongoing schedule of class maintenance studies that provides for a maintenance study on a rotating basis at least once every five four (54) calendar years. Such studies may be done more frequently as needed to maintain the integrity of the classification system.

Class Maintenance Studies. The Employer may initiate class maintenance studies related to a specific class or a group of positions within a department/division to maintain the integrity of the Employer’s classification system. The Employer will consider requests by the Union, a Department, or a Division to initiate such studies. The format of these studies may include an informal survey or an in-depth study of changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied at the discretion of the Human Resources Department. Individuals in a studied class may not request a position study while the Maintenance Study is in progress. If the study is not completed within 120 days, the employee may request an individual position audit using the previously stated process and time frames for job audits. If a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a class maintenance study to a class providing a higher maximum salary, no vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. Upon reclassification, the incumbent employees shall be appointed to the reclassified position and the incumbent employees’ pay shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.03, Subd. 1 of this Agreement. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be January 1st of the calendar year following completion of the study. Incumbent employees shall maintain the classification seniority date of their previous classification as the classification seniority date of the new classification. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the incumbent employees who have been permanently certified to the involved positions. When a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a Maintenance Study to a class providing a lower maximum salary, the involved incumbent employee may request that the reclassification be considered to be a layoff. If so requested, the provisions of Article 8 ("Xxxxxx and Recall from From Layoff") shall be applied. In the alternative, the involved incumbent employee may elect to remain in the reclassified position and the incumbent employee's pay shall be frozen until such time as the salary for the new classification is the same or greater than the salary as frozen, at which point the salary schedule for the classification shall govern future changes. Beginning January 1, 2016, the Human Resources Department will develop an on-going schedule of class maintenance studies that provides for a maintenance study on a rotating basis at least once every five (5) calendar years. Such studies may be done more frequently as needed to maintain the integrity of the classification system.

Class Maintenance Studies. The Employer may initiate class maintenance studies related to a specific class or a group of positions within a department/division as needed to maintain the integrity of the Employer’s classification system. The Employer will consider requests by the Union, a Department, or a Division Union to initiate such studies. The format of these studies may include an informal survey or an in-depth study of changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied at the discretion or an in-depth study of the Human Resources Department. Individuals changes in a studied class may not request a position study while the Maintenance Study is in progress. If kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the study is not completed within 120 days, the employee may request an individual position audit using the previously stated process and time frames for job auditsclassification was last studied. If a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a class maintenance study to a class providing a higher maximum salary, no vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. Upon reclassification, the incumbent employees shall be appointed to the reclassified position and the incumbent employees’ pay shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.03, Subd. 1 of this Agreement. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be January 1st of the calendar year following completion of the study. Incumbent employees shall maintain the classification seniority date of their previous classification as the classification seniority date of the new classification. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the incumbent employees who have been permanently certified to the involved positions. When If a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a Maintenance Study class maintenance study to a class providing a lower maximum salary, the incumbent employees’ wages may be frozen at his/her current rate until the new wage schedule equals or exceeds the wage of the incumbent. As an alternative, the involved incumbent employee employees may request that the reclassification be considered to be a layoff. If so requested, the provisions of Article 8 ("Xxxxxx and Recall from From Layoff") shall be applied. In the alternative, the involved incumbent employee may elect to remain in the reclassified position and the incumbent employee's pay shall be frozen until such time as the salary for the new classification is the same or greater than the salary as frozen, at which point the salary schedule for the classification shall govern future changes. Beginning January 1, 2016, the The Human Resources Department will develop an on-going initial schedule of class maintenance studies in conjunction with the Union that provides that each class will be reviewed within six (6) calendar years from the date of execution of this Agreement. Thereafter, Human Resources will develop an ongoing schedule of class maintenance studies that provides for a maintenance study on a rotating basis at least once every five (54) calendar years. Such studies may be done more frequently as needed to maintain the integrity of the classification system.

Class Maintenance Studies. The Employer may initiate class maintenance studies related to a specific class or a group of positions within a department/division to maintain the integrity of the Employer’s classification system. The Employer will consider requests by the Union, a Department, or a Division to initiate such studies. The format of these studies may include an informal survey or an in-depth study of changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied at the discretion of the Human Resources Department. Individuals in a studied class may not request a position study while the Maintenance Study is in progress. If the study is not completed within 120 days, the employee may request an individual position audit using the previously stated process and time frames for job audits. If a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a class maintenance study to a class providing a higher maximum salary, no vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. Upon reclassification, the incumbent employees shall be appointed to the reclassified position and the incumbent employees’ pay shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.03, Subd. 1 of this Agreement. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be no later than January 1st of the calendar year following completion of the study. Incumbent employees shall maintain the classification seniority date of their previous classification as the classification seniority date of the new classification. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the incumbent employees who have been permanently certified to the involved positions. When a class or group of positions is/are reclassified pursuant to a Maintenance Study to a class providing a lower maximum salary, the involved incumbent employee may request that the reclassification be considered to be a layoff. If so requested, the provisions of Article 8 ("Xxxxxx and Recall from Layoff") shall be applied. In the alternative, the involved incumbent employee may elect to remain in the reclassified position and the incumbent employee's pay shall be frozen until such time as the salary for the new classification is the same or greater than the salary as frozen, at which point the salary schedule for the classification shall govern future changes. Beginning January 1, 2016, the Human Resources Department will develop an on-going schedule of class maintenance studies that provides for a maintenance study on a rotating basis at least once every five (5) calendar years. Such studies may be done more frequently as needed to maintain the integrity of the classification system.