Common use of Merit Progression Clause in Contracts

Merit Progression. Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB), Auckland District Health Board (ADHB), and Counties Manukau Health (CMH) supports the development and implementation of criteria which provides clerical and administrative staff with an opportunity to progress through the merit salary scales in a structured, supported, flexible and achievable way. Progression from the top automatic step in the salary scale to the first merit step, and to subsequent merit steps, is dependent on the achievement of mutually agreed Merit Objectives. The procedure outlined in the “CMDHB/ADHB/WDHB/PSA Clerical and Administration Employees Merit Progression Guidelines” and the “NDHB/PSA Merit Progression Guidelines” will be followed. These Guidelines are available on each DHB’s intranet. Managers and employees should familiarise themselves with the guidelines prior to undertaking the process. If at any point of the Merit application process the guidelines are not followed either the manager or employee can escalate the application to the one up manager and/or relevant Human Resources representative, and/or PSA representative.