Common use of Salary Step After Promotion or Demotion Clause in Contracts

Salary Step After Promotion or Demotion. When an employee is promoted from a position in one class to a position in a higher class, and at the time of promotion is receiving a salary equal to, or greater than, the minimum rate for the higher class, that employee shall be entitled to the next step in the salary scale of the higher class which is approximately five percent (5%) but in no case less than four percent (4%) above the rate he has been receiving, except that the next step shall not exceed the maximum salary of the higher class. When an employee is demoted, whether such demotion is voluntary or otherwise, that employee's compensation shall be adjusted to the salary prescribed for the class to which he is demoted, and the specific rate of pay within the range shall be final.

Salary Step After Promotion or Demotion. When an employee is promoted from a position in one class to a position in a higher class, and at the time of promotion is receiving a salary equal to, or greater than, the minimum rate for the higher class, that employee shall be entitled to the next step in the salary scale of the higher class which is approximately five percent (5%) but in no case less than four percent (4%) above the rate he has they have been receiving, except that the next step shall not exceed the maximum salary of the higher class. When an employee is demoted, whether such demotion is voluntary or otherwise, that employee's compensation shall be adjusted to the salary prescribed for the class to which he is they are demoted, and the specific rate of pay within the range shall be final.