Salary Schedule Progression. Employees shall progress from step to step in salary grade on the basis of satisfactory job performance based upon established standards of performance. Seasonal employee's initial anniversary date shall be established after being in pay status for two thousand eighty (2,080) hours. Such date shall then be used for annual performance evaluation and step progression consideration. When an employee's anniversary date falls on any day from the first day of a pay week through Wednesday of the pay week, the employee's merit increase shall be effective as of the first day of the pay week within which the anniversary date falls. Otherwise, the merit increase shall be effective on the first day of the next pay week. Grievances arising from the denial of merit increases shall not be arbitrable under this Agreement but shall be processed as follows:
1. Within fifteen (15) workdays after an employee is notified that his or her merit increase has been denied, the employee and/or his or her union representative may grieve the denial by notifying the employee’s supervisor in writing that the employee wishes to grieve it. That grievance will be heard and decided by the Agency Merit Increase Appeals Board (“Agency Appeals Board”).
2. Each Department or Agency shall, jointly with MSEA-SEIU, form an Agency Appeals Board when needed to hear and decide grievances regarding denial of a merit increase. MSEA-SEIU and the Department or Agency shall each select one member to serve on the Agency Appeals Board. These two Board members shall mutually agree to a third Board member who shall serve as the Chair of the Board. The Board shall hear and decide the grievance within thirty
3. A decision of an Agency Appeals Board shall be final and binding, subject to appeal to the Director of Human Resources on the following grounds only: that the decision of the Agency Appeals Board was based upon clearly erroneous findings of fact or upon erroneous application of performance standards. An employee and/or his or her union representative may appeal the Board’s decision by filing a written notice of appeal with the Director of Human Resources within fifteen (15) workdays of the date the employee and the union receive the decision. The Director of Human Resources shall hear and decide the appeal within thirty (30) days of the date of the appeal.
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees who have less than six years’ service in their current job titles and pay bands will progress to the next increment the first full pay period following their anniversary date of employment (the month in which they were initially hired into the position) provided:
A. They have successfully completed the required training for that increment.
B. They are not under a performance improvement or corrective action plan. No employee will be denied movement from one increment to the next based on failure to complete training requirements if the necessary training was not offered during the prior year or if the employee was not approved to attend any of the required training during the year.
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees in this unit who have not yet reached the maximum of their grade shall be advanced to the next higher step of their grade upon the completion of each year of service which satisfactorily meets performance standards. Once the HRMS system has the capability, merit increases earned as set forth above shall be effective on the employee’s anniversary date. Any grievance arising from the denial of a merit step increase shall not be arbitrable under this Agreement, but shall be handled pursuant to existing procedures.
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees shall progress from step to step in salary grade on the basis of satisfactory job performance based upon established standards of performance. Seasonal employee's initial anniversary date shall be established after being in pay status for two thousand eighty (2,080) hours. Such date shall then be used for annual performance evaluation and step progression consideration. When an employee's anniversary date falls on any day from the first day of a pay week through Wednesday of the pay week, the employee's merit increase shall be effective as of the first day of the pay week within which the anniversary date falls. Otherwise, the merit increase shall be effective on the first day of the next pay week. Grievances arising from the denial of merit increases shall not be arbitrable under this Agreement but shall be processed pursuant to the Agency Merit Increase Appeal Procedures developed under the 1978-1980 Agreement between the parties. In agencies where such appeal procedures do not fit, the parties shall establish additional procedures in the manner established by the predecessor Agreement. A decision of an Agency Appeals Board shall be final and binding, subject to appeal to the Director of Human Resources on the following grounds only: that the decision of the Agency Appeals Board was based upon clearly erroneous findings of fact, or that the decision of the Agency Appeals Board was based upon erroneous application of performance standards.
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees shall progress from step to step in salary grade (or between grades, where bifurcated) on an annual basis, in accordance with established practice.
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees shall progress from step to step in salary grade on the basis of satisfactory job performance based upon established standards of performance. Seasonal employees' initial anniversary date shall be established after being in pay status for 2080 hours. Such date shall then be used for annual performance evaluation and step progression consideration. When an employee's anniversary date falls on any day from the first day of a pay week through Wednesday of the pay week, the employee's merit increase shall be effective as of the first day of the pay week within which the anniversary date falls. Otherwise, the merit increase shall be effective on the first day of the next pay week. Grievances arising from the denial of merit increases shall not be arbitrable under this Agreement, but shall be referred to a MCC ad hoc Merit Denial Appeal Committee. This Committee will consist of one member chosen by MSEA, one member chosen by the MCC President where the denial originated, and a third member selected by the two appointed members who shall be from outside the MCC where the denial originated. The decision reached by this ad hoc Committee shall be final and binding subject to appeal to the System President only if the decision of the ad hoc Committee was based upon clearly erroneous findings of fact or erroneous application of performance standards.
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees shall progress from step to step in salary grade on the basis of satisfactory job performance based upon established standards of performance. Seasonal employee's initial anniversary date shall be established after being in pay status for two thousand eighty (2,080) hours. Such date shall then be used for annual performance evaluation and step progression consideration. When an employee's anniversary date falls on any day from the first day of a pay week through Wednesday of the pay week, the employee's merit increase shall be effective as of the first day of the pay week within which the anniversary date falls. Otherwise, the merit increase shall be effective on the first day of the next pay week. Grievances arising from the denial of merit increases shall not be arbitrable under this Agreement but shall be processed as follows:
1. Within fifteen (15) workdays after an employee is notified that his or her merit increase has been denied, the employee and/or his or her union representative may grieve the denial by notifying the employee’s supervisor in writing that the employee wishes to grieve it. That grievance will be heard and decided by the Agency Merit Increase Appeals Board (“Agency Appeals Board”).
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees shall progress from step to step in salary grade on the basis of satisfactory job performance based upon established standards of performance. When an employee’s anniversary date falls on any day from the first day of a pay week through Wednesday of the pay week, the employee’s merit increase shall be effective as of the first day of the pay week within which the anniversary date falls. Otherwise, the merit increase shall be effective on the first day of the next pay week.
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees employed before January 1 shall be assigned the preceding July 1 as their anniversary date. Employees employed on or after January 1 shall be assigned the succeeding July 1 as their anniversary date.
Salary Schedule Progression. Employees in this unit who have not yet reached the maximum of their grade shall be advanced to the next higher step of their grade upon the completion of each year of service which satisfactorily meets performance standards. Any grievance arising from the denial of a merit step increase shall not be arbitrable under this Agreement, but shall be handled pursuant to existing procedures.
