Common use of Lower Level Clause in Contracts

Lower Level. (i) Where an employee is placed into a position with a maximum rate of pay lower than the employee’s salary, or where an employee’s position is or has been reclassified to a level with a maximum rate of pay lower than the employee’s present salary, the employee will be entitled to receive all economic increases applicable to the new classification until the employee is appointed to a position with a salary maximum exceeding the employee’s salary. Any applicable increases shall be paid in the form of lump sum payments. (ii) The Corporation shall make a reasonable effort to appoint the employee to a position at the same level as the employee’s former classification. In the event that an employee declines an offer of such a position without good and sufficient reason, the employee’s salary shall immediately be adjusted to the maximum salary of his/her position.