Salary Increase in Next Lower Rank Classification. 373. When a classification that was formerly a next lower rank in a regular civil service promotional examination receives a salary schedule higher than the salary schedule of the classification to which it was formerly promotive, the rate of pay to an employee who was promoted from such lower class shall be equivalent to the salary s/he would have received had s/he remained in such lower class.
Salary Increase in Next Lower Rank Classification. When a classification that was formerly a next lower rank in a regular civil service promotional examination receives a salary grade higher than the salary grade of the classification to which it was formerly promotive, the Department of Human Resources shall authorize a rate of pay to an employee who was promoted from such lower class equivalent to the salary s/he would have received had s/he remained in such lower class, provided that such employee must file with the Department of Human Resources an approved request for reinstatement in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Commission rule governing reinstatements to the first vacancy in his/her former classification, and provided further that the increased payment shall be discontinued if the employee waives an offer of promotion from his/her current classification or refuses an exempt appointment to a higher classification. This provision shall not apply to offers of appointment which would involve a change of residence.
