(a) Processing promotional transfers. A supervisor shall process an employee transfer that results in promotion within two weeks following notification of the employee’s intent to accept the promotion. The director of human resources must approve exceptions to this subsection.
(b) Reassignments. A department director may reassign positions and staff within a department to provide for the best interest of the employee or the department. An employee may not grieve a reassignment, including situations in which the employee:
(1) was involuntarily reassigned; or
(2) applied for and was not selected for the reassignment.
(c) Transfers. An employee who applies for a transfer must meet the minimum qualifications of the requested position. The following procedures apply to a transfer:
(1) Present and prospective supervisors shall cooperate in considering and processing a transfer when operations of the transferring or receiving department are not impaired and department directors for both departments agree to the transfer. Supervisors shall process the release of an employee transfer within a reasonable time following notification of the employee's intent to accept the transfer.
(2) An employee who is transferred has no right to return to the immediately former position or a comparable position.
(3) An employee who accepts a transfer is not guaranteed the same base hourly rate of pay held in the immediately former position.
(d) Retention of benefits. A transferred employee maintains all benefits, including accrued leave, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(e) Retirement plans. An employee who transfers to a position that is covered by a different retirement program than the one that covered the employee’s previous position with the city must change membership to the appropriate employee retirement program. (Ord. Nos. 19340; 22026; 22296; 22318; 24873; 31745)