Common use of Demotion Step Placement Clause in Contracts

Demotion Step Placement. Employees who voluntarily or involuntarily demote to a lower classification shall be placed on the appropriate salary range for the lower classification and then to that step that gets the employee closest to his/her former classification’s hourly salary rate without receiving an increase in salary.

Demotion Step Placement. Employees who voluntarily or involuntarily demote to a lower classification shall be placed on the appropriate salary range for the lower classification and then to that step that gets the employee closest to his/her former classification’s hourly salary rate without receiving an increase in salary, provided such placement does not violate the collective bargaining agreement for the bargaining unit in which the new classification is included.