WAGE RATE ON PROMOTION, DEMOTION, OR TRANSFER Sample Clauses

WAGE RATE ON PROMOTION, DEMOTION, OR TRANSFER. Any employee with twelve (12) months of service who is reclassified to a higher classification will, upon completion of ninety (90) days of satisfactory service in the higher classification, be paid at the maximum rate for the higher classification; any employee with less than twelve (12) months of service shall proceed through the normal progression. An employee reclassified to a lower rated classification shall be placed in the progression at the wage rate which is closest but higher in amount to the rate being received at the time of reclassification or the maximum, whichever is less, and shall continue in the progression from that date at the appropriate intervals. The foregoing shall not apply to apprentice and trainee classifications. Any terminated employee rehired within two years after his termination shall be paid at the equivalent rate in his progression at which he was being paid at the time of his termination. Any employee who transfers out of the bargaining unit to another position in the Laboratory, and transfers back to his previous position in the bargaining unit, shall be paid at the equivalent rate in his progression at which he was being paid at the time of his transfer out of the bargaining unit. Temporary employees who are transferred to regular employment shall have their length of service for APPENDIX A based on their original hiring date. If there is an opening in the Maintenance Mechanic I or the Waste Management Mechanic classification and the selected applicant has completed the Maintenance Mechanic or Waste Management Mechanic Trainee program, he shall be paid at the maximum rate in APPENDIX A for the Maintenance Mechanic I or Waste Management Mechanic classification upon his entry into that classification.