Salary Grade Advancement Sample Clauses

Salary Grade Advancement. A. Each new employee covered by this Agreement shall be hired at the Start Step of the salary range applicable to the employee’s date of hire and classification. B. Thereafter, the employee shall advance on the salary schedule in accordance with his length of service in the classification. (1) For purposes of the general reclassification effective January 1, 1999, all employees hired before January 1, 1999, and reclassified effective January 1, 1999, will receive future step increases (where eligible) based on the anniversary date of the January 1, 1999, reclassification. If these employees are later placed in a different classification, they will receive step increases based on the anniversary date of their placement in the different classification. (2) All employees hired after January 1,1999, will receive future step increases (where eligible) based on their anniversary date of hire, or, if these employees are later placed in a different classification, based on the anniversary date of their placement in the different classification. C. The Employer reserves the right to reclassify employees covered by this Agreement to a higher classification. (1) Should an employee be so reclassified, commencing the first (1st) full pay period following such classification advancement, he will be paid initially at the lowest step in the classification to which he is advanced which will result in a pay increase. (2) The employee shall thereafter advance on the new pay scale in accordance with his length of service in the new classification.