Upon Demotion. If an employee is demoted as a result of disciplinary action or by voluntary choice, the employee’s base wage rate shall be reduced to the next lower step in the range for the class of position to which the employee has been demoted. For the purposes of further step increases within the range, the employee shall maintain the same anniversary date.
Upon Demotion. The rate of compensation of an employee upon demotion to a position in a lower pay range shall be at the next lowest rate or the maximum of the new class, whichever is lesser, than that received by the employee before the demotion. The anniversary date of an employee shall be the first day of the month in which employment occurs if the employee reported for duty during the first five working days of the month in which he was employed, or the first day of the following month if the employee reported for duty later than the fifth working day of the month. The anniversary date will only change to the first day of another month if:
