4.10.060 Salary adjustment on transfer, promotion and demotion

4.10.060 Salary adjustment on transfer, promotion and demotion.

In the event of transfers, demotions and promotions, the following principles shall apply:

1. In the case of transfer, the pay rate of the employee transferred shall remain unchanged, and the employee’s merit anniversary date shall remain the same as in his or her former classification.

2. Should an employee in a probationary status be transferred, the probationary period for the new position shall start on the date of transfer.

3. After a regular full-time employee has successfully completed six months or a regular part-time employee 1,040 hours of work, exclusive of overtime, the employee may be advanced a maximum of two steps in accordance with the adopted city of Palmer pay plan to the next higher pay step in the salary level in which the employee was hired. That date becomes the employee’s merit anniversary date.

1. In the case of promotion, the pay rate of the employee promoted shall increase to the rate for the new level.

2. There shall be a minimum raise equal to a step increase in the employee’s previous level.

3. On satisfactory completion of the probationary period, the employee will be moved to the next merit step and that date becomes the employee’s merit anniversary date, except in the case of an employee who is promoted into a level on the longevity scale, in which case the longevity scale increases shall apply.

1. In the case of voluntary demotion, the employee shall be assigned to a lower level pay classification.

2. The employee shall be classified in the lower level at the pay step that provides the hourly rate of pay consistent with the new level of work. The merit anniversary date shall be the date of the transfer.

1. In the case of involuntary demotions, the employee shall be assigned to a lower level pay classification.