Common use of Progression within the Work Matrix Grades Clause in Contracts

Progression within the Work Matrix Grades. 3D.6.1 Subject to clause 3D.6.2 below, from 23 November 2022, employees will progress through the steps included within a Grade on an annual basis, either on the employee’s anniversary date or, where no anniversary date is established, 12 calendar months from the effective date of the pay equity rates, and annually thereafter until the employee reaches the maximum step of their Grade. Progression does not occur beyond the top step of a Grade. 3D.6.2 Progression will occur unless the employer considers that the employee has failed to meet standards of performance as assessed by the employer against the job description and/or written requirements for the position and has informed the employee of this in writing no later than two months prior to the progression due date. 3D.6.3 An employee, who has the right to representation at any stage, may request their employer reconsider their salary progression. 3D.6.4 For employees employed prior to 6 March 2023, if progression on the basis of the rules set out in clauses 3D.6.1 to 3D.6.3 above would put the employee in a worse position than they would have been in had they remained subject to the pay scale and progression rules existing prior to 23 November 2022, the employee shall be entitled to progress to the rate they would have been on under the previous system.