Salary Protection. A regular employee who fills a regular vacancy or displaces a regular employee at a lower classification shall receive salary protection in accordance with Article 27.7.
Salary Protection. No teacher currently on staff shall incur a reduction in basic salary only because of the implementation of this Agreement.
Salary Protection. Grading Changes
Salary Protection. No teacher shall suffer a reduction in salary or benefits as a result of implementation of this contract.
Salary Protection. (a) An employee shall not have her salary reduced by reason of:
Salary Protection. The District will pay the premium for the Group Salary Protection Plan, Plan D Plus provided by The Standard Insurance Company.
Salary Protection. 4.7.1 During any period of salary protection the teacher is entitled to any salary increases or increments due. Upon expiry of the protection period the teacher’s salary is reduced to the maximum salary payable according to the new grade of the position. When a teacher whose salary has been reduced subsequently obtains a new position salary is assessed as if no reduction had taken place.
Salary Protection. No employee shall have his/her salary reduced because of the establishment of a new or by substantially modifying an existing classification pursuant to Section 3 of this Article.
Salary Protection. Surplus employees and laid-off persons appointed to a lower-level position under this clause shall be remunerated as per the following provisions:
Salary Protection. (a) The incumbent of a position reclassified to a lower level having a lower maximum rate (“downgraded”) shall be deemed to have retained his existing rate of pay (the “holding rate”), and classification level for a period of two (2) years. The holding rate shall be adjusted for a period of two (2) years in accordance with annual increments and economic increases in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement. At the end of the two (2) year period, the employee will be paid at the rate in the lower classification level that is nearest to but not lower than his current rate of pay, and the position shall be downgraded to the lower level. If no such rate exists, the employee will continue to be paid at the holding rate until such time as the maximum rate of pay of the lower classification level is equal to or greater than his holding rate of pay.
