(a) A transfer is a movement to a different Department, Division or Agency from a position in one classification to either a similar position in the same classification, or any position in the same salary group for which the employee meets the requirements provided that
(1) the employee has performed in the classification;
(2) the employee has sufficient experience in a similar or related position as determined by the Department of Human Resources.
Local 2058 members on the transfer list for a Local 2058 classification shall have first priority over any non-Local 2058 employee.
(b) The Local 2058 representative to the Transfer Review Board shall be contacted before a Local 2058 transfer is decided. If any member of the Board decides to meet, the Board shall meet before a decision is made. A 2/3rds vote of the Board is required. The transfer or voluntary demotion of permanent employees shall be subjected to the review and approval of the Transfer Review Board and shall be implemented in accordance with the rules governing transfers and voluntary demotions as adopted by the Toledo Civil Service Commission. Requests shall be valid until December 31st of the year in which they are filed. Employees shall be limited to one transfer per twelve month period. Where a transfer or voluntary demotion has been requested by an employee and such request is approved by the Transfer Review Board under the rules of the Civil Service Commission, the City will honor the request.
(c) Employees who transfer to the same classification shall be permanent in their new position. Employees who transfer to a different classification in the same salary group shall be provisional in the new position.
(d) The City may also request that an employee be transferred when such request would be for the good of the service. The request must be made to the Department of Human Resources and must be processed under the rules established by the Civil Service Commission.
(e) A voluntary demotion is the movement by an employee from his or her permanent classification to a classification in a lower salary group that involves duties that the employee is qualified to perform. A voluntary demotion is differentiated from a regular demotion in that it requires that the employee initiate such action rather than the City.
(f) An employee transferred or demoted voluntarily as provided herein, shall be probationary for a period of three hundred sixty (360) actual work hours. During this period either the transferred employee or the City can request that the employee be returned to his or her former position. If the employee's former position has been filled, the employee filling that position may be removed and reinstated to his or her former position, and so forth.