Common use of Temporary Upgrading Clause in Contracts

Temporary Upgrading. Definition: Time-In-Grade is the permanent assignment to Engineer, Lieutenant, or Captain. Temporary Assignment to Engineer, Lieutenant, or Captain will not be credited towards Time-In-Grade. (A) To assure the orderly performance and continuity of municipal services, the City may temporarily upgrade employees on an acting basis to positions of higher rank. (B) If the City elects to offer a temporary upgrade, then the highest ranking individual on the respective eligibility list established by the Civil Service Commission who is present at the time the upgrade begins and is regularly assigned to the shift shall be offered the assignment. If individuals on the eligibility list elect to pass the upgrade then the offer of upgrade will be given to those present on the respective shift by the upgrade sequence below. If no other individual has accepted the assignment under this Section, the highest ranking individual who is present at the time of the upgrade on the respective eligibility list shall not have the right to refuse a temporary upgrade. In the event that no individual on the respective eligibility list is present and regularly assigned to the shift where the temporary upgrade is needed, the temporary upgrade assignment shall be given to those present and regularly assigned to the respective shift by the upgrade sequence below and they shall not have the right to refuse a temporary upgrade. A stand-in will not assume an upgrade if there is another employee present and regularly assigned to the shift who can be temporarily upgraded. Officers who are given upgrade assignments to Division Chief shall not have the right to refuse the assignment.

Temporary Upgrading. Definition: Definition- Time-In-Grade is the permanent assignment to Engineer, Lieutenant, or Captain. Temporary Assignment to Engineer, Lieutenant, or Captain will not be credited towards Time-In-Grade. (A) To assure the orderly performance and continuity of municipal services, the City may temporarily upgrade employees on an acting basis to positions of higher rank. (B) If the City elects to offer a temporary upgrade, then the highest ranking individual on the respective eligibility list established by the Civil Service Commission who is present at the time the upgrade begins and is regularly assigned to the shift shall be offered the assignment. If individuals on the eligibility list elect to pass the upgrade then the offer of upgrade will be given to those present on the respective shift by the upgrade sequence below. If no other individual has accepted the assignment under this Section, the highest ranking individual who is present at the time of the upgrade on the respective eligibility list shall not have the right to refuse a temporary upgrade. In the event that no individual on the respective eligibility list is present and regularly assigned to the shift where the temporary upgrade is needed, the temporary upgrade assignment shall be given offered to those present and regularly assigned to the respective shift by the upgrade sequence below and they shall not have the right to refuse a temporary upgrade. A stand-in will not assume an upgrade if there is another employee individuals who are present and regularly assigned to the shift who can be temporarily upgradedin the order of their rank and seniority. Officers who are given upgrade assignments to Division Chief shall not have the right to refuse the assignment.