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CLASSIFICATIONS, RATES OF PAY AND OTHER COMPENSATION. ‌ 7.1 The classifications of employees covered by this Agreement and the corresponding rates of pay are set forth in Appendix A, which is attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement. 7.2 Effective December 26, 2018, wages will be increased by .5% plus 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bi-monthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period June 2016 through June 2017 to the period June 2017 through June 2018, minimum 1.5%, maximum 4%. 7.3 Effective December 25, 2019, wages will be increased by 1% plus 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bi-monthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period June 2017 through June 2018 to the period June 2018 through June 2019, minimum 1.5%, maximum 4% 7.4 Effective January 6, 2021, wages will be increased by 1% plus 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bi-monthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period June 2018 through June 2019 to the period June 2019 through June 2020, minimum 1.5%, maximum 4%. 7.5 Employees will pay the employee portion of the required premium [listed as the WA Paid Family Leave Tax and the WA Paid Medical Leave Tax on an employee’s paystub] of the Washington State Paid Family and Medical Leave Program effective December 25, 2019, and shall be determined after the June 2019 through June 2020 CPI-W is released. 7.6 An employee reduced because of organizational change or reduction in force from a regular full-time or part-time position to a position in a class having a lower salary range shall be paid the salary rate of the lower range that is nearest to the salary rate to which the employee was entitled in the employee’s former position without reduction, provided that such salary shall in no event exceed the maximum salary of the lower range. If an employee who has completed twenty-five (25) years of City service and who within five (5) years of a reduction in lieu of layoff to a position in a class having a lower salary range, such employee shall receive the salary the employee was receiving prior to such second reduction as an "incumbent" for so long as the employee remains in such position or until the regular salary for the lower class exceeds the "incumbent" rate of pay. 7.7 When a position is reclassified to a new or different class having a different salary range, the employee occupying the position immediately prior to and at the time of reclassification shall receive the salary rate which shall be determined in the same manner as for a promotion; provided that if the employee's salary prior to reclassification is higher than the maximum salary of the range for such new or different class, the employee shall continue to receive such higher salary as an "incumbent" for so long as the employee remains in such position or until the regular salary for the classification exceeds the "incumbent" rate of pay.

CLASSIFICATIONS, RATES OF PAY AND OTHER COMPENSATION. ‌ 7.1 The classifications of employees covered by this Agreement and the corresponding rates of pay are set forth in Appendix AAppendices A and B, which is are attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement. 7.2 Effective December 26, 2018, wages will be increased by .5% plus 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bi-monthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period June 2016 through June 2017 to the period June 2017 through June 2018, minimum 1.5%, maximum 4%., as set forth in Section 1.1 of Appendices A and B. 7.3 Effective December 25, 2019, wages will be increased by 1% plus 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bi-monthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period June 2017 through June 2018 to the period June 2018 through June 2019, minimum 1.5%, maximum 4%, as set forth in Section 1.2 of Appendices A and B 7.4 Effective January 6, 2021, wages will be increased by 1% plus 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bi-monthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period June 2018 through June 2019 to the period June 2019 through June 2020, minimum 1.5%, maximum 4%, and shall be determined after the June 2019 through June 2020 CPI-W is released. 7.5 Employees will pay the employee portion of the required premium [listed as the WA Paid Family Leave Tax and the WA Paid Medical Leave Tax on an employee’s paystub] of the Washington State Paid Family and Medical Leave Program effective December 25, 2019, and shall be determined after the June 2019 through June 2020 CPI-W is released. 7.6 An employee reduced because of organizational change or reduction in force from a regular full-time or part-time position to a position in a class having a lower salary range shall be paid the salary rate of the lower range that is nearest to the salary rate to which the employee was entitled in the employee’s former position without reduction, provided that such salary shall in no event exceed the maximum salary of the lower range. If an employee who has completed twenty-five (25) years of City service and who within five (5) years of a reduction in lieu of layoff to a position in a class having a lower salary range, such employee shall receive the salary the employee was receiving prior to such second reduction as an "incumbent" for so long as the employee remains in such position or until the regular salary for the lower class exceeds the "incumbent" rate of pay. 7.7 When a position is reclassified to a new or different class having a different salary range, the employee occupying the position immediately prior to and at the time of reclassification shall receive the salary rate which shall be determined in the same manner as for a promotion; provided that if the employee's salary prior to reclassification is higher than the maximum salary of the range for such new or different class, the employee shall continue to receive such higher salary as an "incumbent" for so long as the employee remains in such position or until the regular salary for the classification exceeds the "incumbent" rate of pay.