Common use of Step Advancements Clause in Contracts

Step Advancements. Within the base salary range of each Group designation, all step advancements will be made at the beginning of the pay period following the pay period in which the employee completes the required number of service hours. Approval for advancement shall be based upon completion of required service hours in the classification and satisfactory work performance (i.e., a “meets standards” Work Performance Evaluation). An employee whose step advancement is denied shall not be eligible for reconsideration for step advancement except as provided in the Article, “Merit Advancements.” Service hours shall be defined as regularly scheduled hours as a nurse in a paid status, up to eighty (80) hours per pay period. Overtime hours, disability payments, Medical Emergency Leave, and time without pay shall not count toward step advancements. Step advancements within a base salary range shall be based upon one (1) step increments. The Director of Human Resources or designee may authorize the adjustment of the salary step or salary rate of an employee to maintain salary equity within the system, to prevent undue hardship or unfairness due to the application of any rule or policy, or to correct any salary inequity. The Director of Human Resources or designee may authorize the adjustment of the salary step or salary rate of an employee to correct any payroll error or omission, including any such action which may have arisen in any prior fiscal year.