Downgrade. A downgrade shall be defined as a change in job classification to which the top rate of pay is the same or less than the top rate of pay of the employee's present classification, due to a layoff. A downgrade shall only be allowed to the appropriate classification within the employee's regression ladder, except as provided in Section 14.3(c) of this Article.
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Samples: Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement
Downgrade. A downgrade shall be defined as a change in job classification to which the top rate of pay step is the same or less than the top rate of pay step of the employee's present classification, due to a layoff. A downgrade shall only be allowed to the appropriate classification within the employee's regression ladder, except as provided in Section 14.3(c) of this Article.
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Samples: Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement
