Salary Step Placement Upon Promotion. When a Unit Member is promoted to a position at a higher salary range as the result of applying and being selected for a vacant classified position, the Unit Member shall be placed on the first step of the salary range for the position which will grant a raise in the Unit Member’s base salary of at least one full step, except the Unit Member shall not be placed on a higher step than presently held.
Salary Step Placement Upon Promotion. Any employee promoted to a higher class or assigned to a higher pay grade within the class to which he/she was appointed shall be advanced to the lowest rate of the salary schedule for the higher class or pay grade, or the rate of compensation next higher to that received by him/her prior to such promotion, whichever is the greater. If the employee is entitled to a step advance pursuant to Article 7.1 Section A on the same day as such promotion or assignment, the step advancement shall be considered to have occurred prior to such promotion or assignment. Provided, however, that if such person prior to promotion or assignment is receiving special or hazard pay as provided in this MOU, his/her salary rate prior to promotion or assignment shall be deemed to be the rate which he/she would be receiving in the absence of such salary premium.
Salary Step Placement Upon Promotion is amended in its entirety as follows: Any employee promoted to a higher class or assigned to a higher pay grade within the class to which he/she was appointed shall be advanced to the lowest rate of the salary schedule for the higher class or pay grade which provides both an increase in the base rate and overall biweekly rate, including any special or hazard pay as provided in this MOU. “Acting Pay”, as provided in Appendix A, shall not be considered when determining step placement. If the employee is entitled to a step advance pursuant to Article
