Common use of Salary on Reduction Clause in Contracts

Salary on Reduction. 1. When an employee is demoted to a position in a lower class for reasons of unsatisfactory performance, his or her salary shall be reduced to the salary rate or step of the new range that would constitute a 5% decrease from the salary received prior to the reduction, or he or she shall receive the maximum step of the range of the new class, whichever is lower. His or her merit increase eligibility date shall be the first day of the pay period following completion of fifty-two (52) weeks of service in the new class unless he or she thereby occupies the recruiting salary rate or step of the new range, in which case his or her merit increase eligibility date shall be the first day of the pay period following completion of twenty-six (26) weeks of service in the new class.

Salary on Reduction. 1. When an employee is demoted to a position in a lower class for reasons of unsatisfactory performance, his or her salary shall be reduced to the salary rate or step of the new range that would constitute a 5% decrease from the salary received prior to the reductionreduction , or he or she shall receive the maximum step of the range of the new class, whichever is lower. His or her merit increase eligibility date shall be the first day of the pay period following completion of fifty-two (52) weeks of service in the new class unless he or she thereby occupies the recruiting salary rate or step of the new range, in which case his or her merit increase eligibility date shall be the first day of the pay period following completion of twenty-six (26) weeks of service in the new class.