Regular employees of the City appointed prior to July 1, 1982, shall be entitled to 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 to the City for the purpose of determining the longevity pay to which the employee may be entitled.
Calendar Year of Percent of Annual
Continuous Service Base Hourly Wage
After 5 years 2%
After 10 years 4%
After 15 years 6%
After 20 years 8%
(c) An employee shall receive a pro rata percentage based on the portion of the calendar year 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 increases in the base rate during the life of this agreement.
Base wage rates effective July 1, 1976:
SALARY GROUP HOURLY RATE
1 $ 4.514
2 4.607
3 4.689
4 4.792
5 4.916
6 5.008
7 5.122
8 5.236
9 5.359
10 5.493
11 5.616
12 5.751
13 5.884
14 6.038
15 6.193
16 6.347
17 6.523
18 6.688
19 6.852
20 7.058
21 7.244
22 7.450
23 7.676
24 7.883
(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 rate if it is greater.
NEW LONGEVITY BASE RATES
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1983
SALARY GROUP HOURLY RATE
1 $ 4.608
2 4.608
3 4.608
4 4.608
5 4.608
6 5.074
7 5.768
8 6.506
9 7.104
10 7.702
11 8.291
12 8.928
13 9.865
14 10.923
15 11.404
(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 two thousand eighty (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 the payment is being made.