Regular employees of the City appointed prior to July 1, 1982, shall be entitled to and be paid longevity in accordance with the following formula:
(a) Employees hired prior to July 1, 1972, shall be paid longevity based on their years of service with the City as of that date.
(b) Employees hired after July 1, 1972, shall be paid longevity based on their continuous service to the City of Toledo after that date. Any employee hired after July 1, 1972, shall not receive credit for any prior service with the City for the purpose of determining the longevity pay of which the employee may be entitled.
CALENDAR YEAR OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE | PERCENT OF ANNUAL BASE HOURLY RATE |
After 5 years | 2% |
After 10 years | 4% |
After 15 years | 6% |
After 20 years | 8%
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(c) An employee shall receive a pro rata percentage based on the portion of the calendar years in which the employee reaches the plateaus of years of service as set forth above at the appropriate rate indicated.
(d) The employee's “Annual Base Hourly Wage” shall be the base rates shown below which were in effect July 1, 1976, with no further increases to result from any cost of living or other increase in the base rate during the life of this agreement.
Base Wage Rates Effective July 1, 1976 | |
Salary Group | Salary Rate |
7 | 5.122
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(e) Employees shall continue to receive longevity pay based on the 1976 base rates. Employees promoted will receive longevity pay based on the rate designated below for their new salary group, or retain their present base rate if it is greater.
NEW LONGEVITY BASE RATES | |
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1983 | |
7 | $ 5.768 |
(f) The employee's “Annual Base Hourly Wage” shall be determined by multiplying the amount allocated to the salary group the employee is in as of November 1st of the year for which the computation is being made by 2,080 hours. The longevity payment shall be made in a separate check to be distributed to the employees on the first payday in December of the year for which payment is being made.