Temporary Upgrades and Downgrades. A) Temporary downgrading occurs when the University assigns a status employee who meets the minimum qualifications of the downgraded classification to which assignment is being made. Temporary upgrading occurs when the University assigns status employees from active registers to the upgraded classification, if such registers exist. If a temporary upgrade assignment occurs in a classification that utilizes work shifts, the register requirement applies only to those status employees on the appropriate shift. An employee’s acceptance of, or refusal to accept, such temporary assignment shall in no way affect the employee's position on a register, regardless of the number of acceptances or refusals. In the absence of a register, the University may assign only those status employees who meet the minimum qualifications for the classification to which assignment is being made. When such an assignment has been made, the employee shall continue to accrue seniority in the classification in which the employee has a status appointment.
