Salary Adjustments for Employees Entering From Same or Other Bargaining Units. A. An employee entering a position covered by this Agreement, without a break in service, from a position in an equivalent salary grade in a bargaining unit not covered by this Agreement shall be placed at the first step-in-grade up to the maximum of the grade, which at least equals the rate of compensation received immediately prior to his/her entry into the bargaining unit.
Salary Adjustments for Employees Entering From Same or Other Bargaining Units. An employee entering a position covered by this Agreement, without a break in service, from a position in an equivalent salary grade in a bargaining unit not covered by this Agreement shall be placed at the first step-in-grade up to the maximum of the grade, which at least equals the rate of compensation received immediately prior to his/her entry into the bargaining unit. An employee entering a position covered by this Agreement, without a break in service, from a position in a salary grade which is the equivalent of a lower grade in a bargaining unit not covered by this Agreement shall be placed at a step-in-grade in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of this Article. An employee entering a position covered by this Agreement, without a break in service, from a position in a salary grade which is the equivalent of a higher grade in a bargaining unit not covered by this Agreement shall be placed at a step-in-grade within his/her new job based upon the employee’s creditable years of service in the equivalent of the new job grade or higher job grade, provided that in no event shall the employee be placed in a step-in-grade which results in the employee receiving a salary rate equal to or greater than the average salary received by the employee for the preceding six (6) months. An employee entering a position covered by this Agreement, without a break in service, from a position of the same grade in the bargaining unit at another college covered by this Agreement, shall remain at the same step they held prior to the date of transfer. The date of transfer to the new institution shall be considered the date of hire at the new institution and the anniversary date for future step increases.
