Common use of Withholding of Increment Clause in Contracts

Withholding of Increment. The Board may withhold increments for inefficiency or other just cause related to the performance of duties, and only in accordance with the following: 1. The immediate superior and/or the Principal shall not forward any recommendation to withhold an employee's increment through the Superintendent to the Board unless, at least ninety (90) calendar days prior thereto, and in no case later than April 1 of the preceding year in which such action would take effect the immediate supervisor and/or Principal has given to the employee against whom the recommendation shall be made, written notice of the alleged cause(s) for the recommendation, specifying the nature thereof with such particulars as to furnish the employee an opportunity to correct and overcome the same. 2. Once a recommendation is forwarded to the employee and the Board, the employee may within ten (10) working days file a grievance commencing at the Superintendent's level. No action shall be taken on the recommendation until the grievance is heard according to the grievance procedure as set forth heretofore in Article X of this Agreement. 3. Any increment withheld under this provision shall be restored the following year unless the procedures set forth in this provision are followed once again, in which case the increment or increments previously withheld and any additional increments, which may be due, may be withheld. A. PURPOSE

Withholding of Increment. The Board may withhold increments for inefficiency or other just cause related to the performance of duties, and only in accordance with the following: 1. The immediate superior and/or the Principal shall not forward any recommendation to withhold an employee's increment through the Superintendent to the Board unless, at least ninety (90) calendar days prior thereto, and in no case later than April 1 of the preceding year in which such action would take effect the immediate supervisor and/or Principal has given to the employee against whom the recommendation shall be made, written notice of the alleged cause(s) for the recommendation, specifying the nature thereof with such particulars as to furnish the employee an opportunity to correct and overcome the same. 2. Once a recommendation is forwarded to the employee and the Board, the employee may within ten (10) working days file a grievance commencing at the Superintendent's level. No action shall be taken on the recommendation until the grievance is heard according to the grievance procedure as set forth heretofore in Article X of this Agreement. 3. Any increment withheld under this provision shall be restored the following year unless the procedures set forth in this provision are followed once again, in which case the increment or increments previously withheld and any additional increments, which may be due, may be withheld. A. PURPOSE