Promotions, Demotions and Lateral Reclassifications. (a) When an employee is reclassified to another Occupational Job Classification which is in the same Production Level, Trades Group or Tier classification, it shall be considered a "lateral reclassification." (b) When an employee is reclassified from a lower Production Level to a higher Production Level, from Trades Group 1 to Trades Group 2 or from a lower Tier to a higher Tier it shall be considered a "promotion." (c) When an employee is reclassified from a higher Production Level to a lower Production Level, from Trades Group 2 to Trades Group 1 or from a higher Tier to a lower Tier it shall be considered a "demotion." (d) When an employee is reclassified to an Occupational Job Classification which is outside his or her occupational job classification plan, the applicable wage schedules shall be used to determine if the reclassification constitutes an "Upgrade," "Downgrade" or "Lateral." For purposes of this Article, an "Upgrade" shall be considered a "promotion" and a "Downgrade" shall be considered a "demotion".
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
