Payment of Longevity. All employees hired on or after January 1, 1989, shall not be covered by this Article. Full-time employees who were on the Court’s payroll as of December 31, 1988, shall be entitled to longevity pay, subject to the following provisions:
Payment of Longevity. The longevity wage supplement will be deducted from the base hourly rate for purposes of applying the annual percentage wage increases called for under this contract and added back to the base hourly rate after the percentage increases are applied.