(A) Metra may offer non-contract employees promotions to higher-level positions, or lateral transfers, when appropriate, not to exceed the equivalent of the Director level, but Metra reserves the right to recruit from outside the agency. Promotions are defined as appointments to positions that are classified at a higher grade level and require greater qualifications, skills or experience, and they are accompanied by an increased rate of pay and a title change. LATERAL TRANSFERS are defined as the movement of employees to another position within a department or between departments, with a similar level of responsibility and within the same salary grade.
(B) The Executive Director retains the discretion to make exceptions to this policy when deemed necessary or in the company’s best interest.
(C) Metra is committed to promoting or laterally transferring the most qualified employees within the organization without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, marital or veteran status or any other protected category.
(Ord. NIRC 15-01, passed 10-15-2015)