Class Maintenance Studies. The Employer may initiate class maintenance studies related to a specific class or a group of positions within a department/division as needed to maintain the integrity of the Employer’s classification system. The Employer will consider requests by the Union to initiate such studies. The format of these studies may include an informal survey of changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied or an in-depth study of the changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied. If a class or group of positions is reclassified pursuant to a class maintenance study to a class providing a higher maximum salary, no vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. Upon reclassification, the incumbent employees shall be appointed to the reclassified position and the incumbent employee’s pay shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.03, Subd. 1 of this Agreement. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be January 1st of the calendar year following completion of the study. Incumbent employees shall maintain the classification seniority date of their previous classification as the classification seniority date of the new classification. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the incumbent employees who have been permanently certified to the involved positions.
Class Maintenance Studies. The Employer may initiate class maintenance studies related to a specific class or a group of positions within a department/division as needed to maintain the integrity of the Employer’s classification system. The Employer will consider requests by the Union to initiate such studies. The format of these studies may include an informal survey of changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied or an in-depth study of the changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied. If a class or group of positions are reclassified pursuant to a class maintenance study to a class providing a higher maximum salary, no vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. Upon reclassification, the incumbent employees shall be appointed to the reclassified position and the incumbent employees’ pay shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.03, Subd. 1 of this Agreement. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be January 1st of the calendar year following completion of the study. Incumbent employees shall maintain the classification seniority date of their previous classification as the classification seniority date of the new classification. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the incumbent employees who have been permanently certified to the involved positions. If a class or group of positions are reclassified pursuant to a class maintenance study to a class providing a lower maximum salary, the incumbent employees’ wages may be frozen at his/her current rate until the new wage schedule equals or exceeds the wage of the incumbent. As an alternative, the involved incumbent employees may request that the reclassification be considered to be a layoff. If so requested, the provisions of Article 8 (Xxxxxx and Recall From Layoff) shall be applied. The Human Resources Department will develop an initial schedule of class maintenance studies in conjunction with the Union that provides that each class will be reviewed within six (6) calendar years from the date of execution of this Agreement. Thereafter, Human Resources will develop an ongoing schedule of class maintenance studies that provides for a maintenance study on a rotating basis at least every (4) calendar years. Such studies may be done more frequently as needed to maintain the integrity of the classification system.
Class Maintenance Studies. The Employer may initiate class maintenance studies related to a specific class or a group of positions within a department/division as needed to maintain the integrity of the Employer’s classification system. The Employer will consider requests by the Union, a Department, or a Division to initiate such studies. The format of these studies may include an informal survey or an in-depth study of changes in the kind, responsibility, or difficulty of work performed since the classification was last studied. If a classification or group of positions is reclassified following a class maintenance study to a class providing a higher maximum salary, no vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. Upon reclassification, the incumbent employees shall be appointed to the reclassified position and the incumbent employees’ pay shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.03, Subd. 1 of this Agreement. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be January 1st of the calendar year following completion of the study. Incumbent employees shall maintain the classification seniority date of their previous classification as the classification seniority date of the new classification. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the incumbent employee who has been permanently certified to the involved positions.
