Pay Upon Voluntary Demotion. The salary of an employee who voluntarily demotes from one classification to another previously held classification which provides for a lower maximum salary, shall be set at the step increment the employee would have been at had they not left the classification. The employee’s classification seniority date and anniversary date for further salary step increments shall be set as if the employee had never left the classification. The salary of an employee who voluntarily demotes from one classification to another classification in the job series which they have never held and which provides for a lower maximum salary shall be set at the same step increment as the previously held position. The employee’s classification seniority date shall be set at the date the employee began working in the previously held position. The employee’s anniversary date for future step increment adjustments shall remain as in the previously held classification. Thereafter, the employee’s wages shall increase in accordance with Section 10.02 of this article. The provisions of this subdivision shall also be applicable whenever an employee is reclassified pursuant to Section 8.07, Subd. 1 of this Agreement and elects to remain in the reclassified position.
Pay Upon Voluntary Demotion. The salary of an employee who voluntarily demotes from one classification to another previously held which provides for a lower maximum salary, shall be set at the increment the employee would have been at had they not left the classification. The employee’s classification seniority date and anniversary date for further salary increments shall be set as if the employee had never left the classification. The salary of an employee who voluntarily demotes from one classification to another classification which he/she has never held and which provides for a lower maximum salary shall be set at the same increment as the previously held position. The employee’s classification seniority date shall be set at the date the employee begins working in the new classification. The employee’s anniversary date for future increment adjustments shall remain as in the previously held classification. Thereafter, the employee shall increase in accordance with Section 9.02 of this article. The provisions of this subdivision shall also be applicable whenever an employee is reclassified pursuant to Section 7.07, Subd. 2 of this Agreement and elects to remain in the reclassified position.
