Common use of Wage Increase Clause in Contracts

Wage Increase. A. Bargaining unit employees will be paid in accordance with the salary schedule that is part of this contract. One step is equal to one full year of employment with the district, (for this purpose, one full year is defined as one day more than one half of the employee’s required number of annual work days). Bargaining unit members will automatically receive the step increase on or before November 1st with retroactivity to the first day of their contract (as noted in Appendix A), provided funds are available. Should a financial urgency occur, the provisions of F.S. 447.4095 will be applied. B. An employee will be placed on the salary schedule at the proper step in accordance with the number of years of service in their current job classification with the district, both earned and granted. C. No employee will experience any cut in pay due to the implementation of the new salary schedule. However, all other provisions of this contract will remain in force. D. Although C is the rule, there may be employees with less than 20 years service in their current job classification with the district, earned and granted, who will receive no increase in their rate of pay. If the employee’s current salary is higher than it would be if that employee were to be placed at the correct step of their salary schedule for their number of years of service in their current job classification with the district, earned and granted, then that employee’s rate of pay will be frozen. E. Employees with more than 20 years of district service in their current job classification, earned and granted, will receive at least the maximum salary increase for the current year. F. Veterans will be granted a year of service with the district for each year they were in active military service up to three years. The burden of proof for eligibility for this benefit will be on the employee, who will provide the Human Resources Department either a current military ID Form 2 or a military discharge form DD 214.