Equity Adjustments Based on Advanced Appointments. When an employee is hired to any classified position at a rate above the minimum rate of the range, other employees in the class in the same organizational unit with similar education, and experience will have their base salaries increased to that of the newly hired employee’s end of probation rate. Probationary employees in the same class and organizational unit with similar education and experience will have their salary increased to that of the newly hired employee’s probationary rate. Probationary employees will receive the end of probation rate at the completion of their probation. Employees who are subject to disciplinary reductions in pay shall not be granted such increases until expiration of the disciplinary reduction.