Salary Rate on Promotion. A nurse who is promoted to a higher rated classification within the bargaining unit will be placed on the level of the salary schedule of the higher rated classification so that the nurse shall receive no less an increase in salary than the equivalent of one step in the salary range of the previous classification (provided that it does not exceed the salary range of the classification to which the nurse has been promoted) and the nurse shall retain the nurse’s service review date for purposes of wage progression. For the purpose of this Article, promotion shall be defined as a move from one classification to another classification with a higher salary grid and shall not include a change of status to Registered Nurse when a nurse who holds a Temporary Certificate of Registration obtains her/his General Certificate of Registration. A nurse who is moved to a lower rated classification will be placed at the level on the grid, if any, which most closely recognizes the nurse’s experience level on the other grid.
