(a) Applicability. This section governs pay as a result of any movement between pay schedules in the classified service.
(b) Inclusion of longevity awards. For the purposes of this section, an employee's former and new pay rates shall include the appropriate longevity awards as provided for in § 6-1-202(b) and (c).
(c) Transferred employee. If an employee is transferred, the employee's rate of pay on the new pay schedule shall be that pay amount, within the new grade that is the same as the employee's former rate of pay or the maximum of the new pay schedule, whichever is less.
(d) Demotion. If an employee is demoted, the employee is entitled to one of the following rates of pay as applicable:
(1) if the employee is competitively or non-competitively demoted, except for a demotion under § 808 of the Charter, the employee's rate of pay shall be that rate within the new grade that is closest to but not exceeding the employee's rate of pay in the former grade, but not exceeding the maximum pay for the new grade; or
(2) if the employee is demoted in accordance with § 808(a) of the Charter, the employee's new rate of pay shall be, as determined by the appointing authority and approved by the Personnel Officer, a rate of pay within the new grade or a rate of pay that exceeds the maximum pay of the new grade, but not exceeding the rate of pay the employee received in the former grade.
(3) If the employee is demoted in accordance with § 808(b), (c), (d), or (e) of the Charter, the employee's new rate of pay shall be, as determined by the appointing authority and approved by the Personnel Officer, a rate of pay within the new grade that is less than the rate of pay the employee received in the former grade or a rate of pay that exceeds the maximum pay for the new grade, but less than the rate of pay the employee received in the former grade.
(4) A change in rate of pay under subsection (d)(2) or (d)(3) may not result in a pay decrease of more than 15%.
(e) Promotion.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if an employee is promoted, the employee's new pay shall be the greater of:
(i) the minimum pay rate of the new grade;
(ii)
when moving from a represented or non-represented pay schedule to a represented pay schedule, that pay rate within the new grade that is at least 5% above the level at which the employee was paid in the former grade, but not exceeding the maximum pay for the new grade; or
(iii) when moving from a represented pay schedule to the non-represented pay schedule, that pay amount within the new grade that is at least 5% but no more than 15% above the level at which the employee was paid in the former grade, in accordance with Office of Personnel policies and procedures, but not exceeding the maximum pay on the applicable pay schedule for the new grade.
(2) If an employee's position is reclassified to a class with a comparable or lower level of job responsibility in the judgment of the Personnel Officer, the employee's pay shall be at a pay amount within the new grade that is the same pay rate at which the employee was paid in the former grade.
(3) If the level at which the employee was paid in the former grade is more than the maximum pay on the applicable pay schedule for the new grade, the employee's new pay shall remain the same as the employee's pay in the former grade and the employee is not eligible for any form of pay increase until the maximum pay for the new grade is increased to a level that exceeds the employee's pay.
(f) Effective date for pay changes. The effective date for all pay changes shall be the first day of the first full bi-weekly pay period following the date that applicable requirements are met.
(g) Processing certain pay increases prior to increases under this section. If an employee's pay increase as provided in § 6-1-204(c) falls on the same date as the employee's promotion or reclassification, the pay increase shall be processed prior to any increases provided under this section.
(h) Memorandum of agreement applicability for FW pay schedule employees. Movement by an employee between a classification on the FW pay schedule and a classification on another pay schedule shall be in accordance with this section and any applicable memorandum of agreement.
(1985 Code, Art. 8, § 1-206.1) (Bill No. 79-98; Bill No. 70-00; Bill No. 94-01; Bill No. 75-02; Bill No. 34-04; Bill No. 59-06; Bill No. 44-20)