Temporary Assignment – Merit Increase Eligibility. Temporary assignments shall be administered in the following manner:
a) If an employee assigned to a higher class has not yet reached the “I” step in the lower class, in-service hours while temporarily assigned to a higher class shall count as time served in the lower class for purposes of merit increase(s). If an employee reaches the “I” step of the lower class while temporarily assigned to a higher class, all subsequent in-service hours worked while assigned to the higher class will begin counting toward a merit increase in the higher class.
b) If an employee is at the “I” step of the lower class when assigned to the higher class, in-service hours while temporarily assigned to a higher class shall count as time served in the higher class for purposes of merit increase(s) beginning with the first hour assigned in the higher class.
c) An employee who is subsequently reassigned by the County within 12 months of the ending date of the most recent temporary assignment to a higher class shall be considered for a merit increase in the higher class when the employee’s total cumulative hours in the higher class are in accordance with Subsection 7.17.2 - Total Hours required for a merit increase. However, if the employee received credit toward a merit increase in the lower class for hours worked in a temporary assignment as provided in Section 9.11, these hours shall not also count toward a merit increase in the higher class.
