Common use of Class Maintenance Studies Clause in Contracts

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 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 Agreementaffixed at the same step as the previous classification. The effective date of the reclassification for pay purposes shall be no later than 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-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 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 Agreementaffixed at the same step as the previous classification. 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.