Common use of Step Placement Clause in Contracts

Step Placement. A. When an employee transfers from one department to another department without a change in job classification, the salary step shall remain the same. The employee will not be eligible for a step increase upon completion of probation, but will progress in steps in the normal prescribed intervals based on the effective date of their last increase. B. When an employee transfers from one job classification to another job classification with the same or lower maximum regular base hourly rate of pay, the employee must have completed a minimum of one year of experience in the same field at the same level of difficulty for each step granted above step 1 in the new pay scale. The salary step placement will be made at the discretion of the appropriate department head. After successful completion of a six-month probation period, the transferred employee may be eligible to advance to the next step. An employee shall only be eligible for such step increase in the event that their regular base hourly rate of pay was reduced at the time of transfer.