(a) Effective July 1, 2006 employees shall continue to receive the wage rates that were in effect on June 30, 2005 and as set forth in the following salary schedule:
RATES IN EFFECT JUNE 30, 2005 | ||||
75% | 85% | 95% | Full Rate | |
7 | 13.480 | 15.280 | 17.076 | 17.974
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(b) Effective the first full pay period in January of 2006 employees who are Communications Operators and paid at a pay grade 7 shall receive a one and one-half percent (1 ½%) wage increase in their base wage rate. Employees who have elected to become Senior Communications Operators will remain at their previous rate.
RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY, 2006 | ||||
SALARY GROUP | 75% | 85% | 95% | Full Rate |
7 | 13.682 | 15.509 | 17.332 | 18.244 |
8* | 13.480 | 15.280 | 17.076 | 17.974
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(c) Effective the first full pay period in January of 2007 employees in pay grade 7 shall receive a two percent (2.0%) increase in their base wage rate. Those designated as Senior Communications Operators shall receive a one and one-half percent (1.5%) increase.
RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY, 2007 | ||||
SALARY GROUP | 75% | 85% | 95% | Full Rate |
7 | 13.956 | 15.819 | 17.679 | 18.609 |
8* | 13.682 | 15.509 | 17.332 | 18.244
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* Senior Communication Operators
(d) Effective the first full pay period in January of 2008 employees at the pay grade 7 rate working as Communication Operators shall receive a three percent (3%) wage increase in their base wage rate. Those designated and working as Senior Communications Operators shall receive a two percent (2%) increase.
RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2008 | ||||
SALARY GROUP | 75% | 85% | 95% | 100% |
7 | 14.375 | 16.294 | 18.209 | 19.167 |
8* | 13.956 | 15.819 | 17.679 | 18.609
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* Senior Communication Operator
(e) Effective May 16, 2008 those who are designated as Senior Communications Operators will be reclassified and placed in a salary group eight.
75% | 85% | 95% | Full Rate | |
8 | 15.164 | 17.187 | 19.207 | 20.218 |
(f) Effective June 30, 2008 those designated and working as Senior Communications Operators will receive a three percent (3%) increase and paid as follows:
RATES EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 2008 | ||||
75% | 85% | 95% | Full Rate | |
8 | 15.619 | 17.703 | 19.783 | 20.825 |
(g) An employee who is promoted or who works above his classification in a classification within the Local 7 Bargaining Unit will receive the Promotional Starting Rate of the class to which the employee has been promoted for the employee's 1st 2080 hours in that classification unless the Promotional Starting Rate of the new classification is either less than four percent (4%) greater than the rate the employee was earning in his/her regular classification, or less than the 75%, 85%, or 95% rate for the classification. If the Promotional Starting Rate of the new classification is not at least four percent (4%) greater than the rate the employee was earning in his regular classification, then the employee will receive a four percent (4%) increase over his/her present rate. If the promotional starting rate is less than the 75%, 85%, or 95% rate for the classification, then the employee shall be paid at the nearest step rate that is at least four percent (4%) greater than the employee's current rate. At no time would a permanent employee earning the promotional start rate be paid less than an employee in that classification in the division with less seniority who is in one of the step rates. When an employee has served 2080 hours as an alternate to a position to which the employee is subsequently promoted, he/she shall continue to receive the full rate.
HOURLY PROMOTIONAL START RATE | |||
SALARY GROUP | 6/30/02 | 1/2004 (2.0% inc.) | 1/2005 (2.0% inc.) |
HOURLY PROMOTIONAL START RATE | |||
SALARY GROUP | 6/30/02 | 1/2004 (2.0% inc.) | 1/2005 (2.0% inc.) |
1 | 10.473 | 10.682 | 10.896 |
2 | 11.072 | 11.293 | 11.519 |
3 | 11.763 | 11.998 | 12.238 |
4 | 12.512 | 12.762 | 13.017 |
5 | 13.359 | 13.626 | 13.899 |
6 | 14.410 | 14.698 | 14.992 |
7 | 15.551 | 15.862 | 16.179 |
8 | 16.892 | 17.230 | 17.575 |
9 | 17.501 | 17.851 | 18.208 |
10 | 18.415 | 18.783 | 19.159 |
11 | 19.455 | 19.844 | 20.241 |
12 | 20.646 | 21.059 | 21.480 |
13 | 22.010 | 22.450 | 22.899 |
14 | 23.583 | 24.055 | 24.536 |
15 | 25.384 | 25.892 | 26.410 |
(h) Employees hired on or after January 1, 1992, that are not placed from within municipal employment, will be paid at the Step Rate of the salary provided in this section as follows:
STEP | PERCENTAGES |
1st Year | 75% of Full Rate |
2nd Year | 85% of Full Rate |
3rd Year | 95% of Full Rate |
4th Year | 100% of Full Rate |
(Full Rate) |
Employees hired on or after January 1, 1992 who are promoted, transferred, or demoted before completing their third year of City employment shall go to the same step of their new salary group until their anniversary date for that step. A year of service for purposes of the step plan shall mean twelve (12) full months rather than 2080 compensated hours. Employees who are off payroll more than twenty (20) work days during a year of service shall have their year of service extended by their number of uncom pensated work days.
(i) Whenever it becomes necessary to determine the hourly or daily rate of pay for an employee whose rate is stated herein as an annual salary, the determination shall be made by dividing the annual salary by two thousand eighty (2,080) to determine the hourly rate, or by two hundred and sixty (260) to determine the daily rate of compensation for the employee.