Common use of Merit or Performance Increases Clause in Contracts

Merit or Performance Increases. 20 A. Effective October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013, there will be 21 no Merit or Performance Increases. 22 The parties, upon mutual agreement, may reopen this paragraph 23 (31.3A) for negotiations on or before May 1st of each contract year. 24 B. For regular (non-probationary) employees, the review period is a 25 one-year period from October 1 through September 30. Employees 26 will continue to be reviewed, but there will be no Merit or 27 Performance Increases associated with these reviews. 28 C. There shall be no Merit or Performance Increases after September 29 30, 2013, unless and until there is a new Agreement in effect 30 providing for such increases. 1 D. For the first fiscal year (October 1, 2012 – September 2013) of this 2 Agreement, employees who are currently participating in the 3 Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) and who have NOT 4 reached the top of their respective salary ranges for the regular 5 classifications they were in, as they existed at the time the 6 employees entered the DROP, will be eligible to receive increases 7 to their base rates of pay up to the top of their respective salary 8 ranges as described in paragraph 31.1 above. These increases 9 will be paid on the same pay dates as when other ATU employees 10 receive their Wage Increases. No DROP participant will receive 11 any portion of the increase described in paragraph 31.1, that would 12 place him or her at a rate in excess of the maximum of his/her 13 salary range as it existed at the time he/she entered the DROP 14 unless otherwise provided for in his/her Application for Deferred

Merit or Performance Increases. 20 2 A. Effective October 1, 2012 2015 through September 30, 20132018, there will be 21 3 no Merit or Performance Increases. 22 The parties, upon mutual agreement, may reopen this other than those provided in 4 paragraph 23 31.2 (31.3APerformance Safety Incentives) for negotiations on or before May 1st of each contract yearabove. 24 5 B. For regular (non-probationary) employees, the review period is a 25 6 one-year period from October 1 through September 30. Employees 26 7 will continue to be reviewed, but there will be no Merit or 27 8 Performance Increases associated with these reviews. 28 9 C. There shall be no Merit or Performance Increases after September 29 10 30, 20132018, unless and until there is a new Agreement in effect 30 11 providing for such increases. 1 12 D. For the first fiscal year (October 1, 2012 – September 2013) of this 2 Agreement, employees Employees who are currently participating in the 3 Deferred 13 Retirement Option Program (DROP) and who have NOT 4 reached 14 the top of their respective salary ranges for the regular 5 15 classifications they were in, as they existed at the time the 6 16 employees entered the DROP, will be eligible to receive increases 7 17 to their base rates of pay up to the top of their respective salary 8 18 ranges as described in paragraph 31.1 31.2 above. These increases 9 19 will be paid on the same pay dates as when other ATU employees 10 20 receive their Wage Increases. No DROP participant will receive 11 21 any portion of the increase described in paragraph 31.131.2, that would 12 22 place him or her at a rate in excess of the maximum of his/her 13 23 salary range as it existed at the time he/she entered the DROP 14 24 unless otherwise provided for in his/her Application for Deferred