Common use of Regrading Clause in Contracts

Regrading. (a) When a pay grade is regraded by the assignment of a higher pay grade, the salary of each employee in a position in that pay grade shall be at the same step of the new salary range as it was in the old salary range, except at no time will the new salary exceed the maximum of the new range. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) where an employee is hired at any step in the range other than the minimum due to labour market pressures and the pay range is subsequently revised upward, the employee will not receive an increase in proportion with the increase applicable to the pay grade provided the employee has been so advised in writing at the time of the appointment.

Regrading. (a) When a pay grade class is regraded by the assignment of a higher pay grade, the salary of each employee in a position in that pay grade class shall be at the same step of the new salary range as it was in the old salary range, except at no time will the new salary exceed the maximum of the new range. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) where an employee is hired at any step in the range other than the minimum due to labour market pressures and the pay range is subsequently revised upward, the employee will not receive an increase in proportion with the increase applicable to the pay grade class provided the employee has been so advised in writing at the time of the appointment.