Item 25 - Memorandum of Understanding Establishing the Terms and Conditions of Employment for SAMA

Home Browse Search

Exhibit A. 4.6 Beginning Rates. An employee appointed to one of the designated sworn (CAPERS "Safety") classifications of employment listed in this MOU may be placed by the appointing authority at Step "A," Step "B," Step "C", or Step "D" within the applicable rate range in the schedule to which the class has been allocated by Resolution of the City, provided that such employee shall be assigned such salary step upon the commencement of their service in said classification and such assignment having once been made shall remain in effect until the said employee shall be entitled to advance to the next salary step in accordance with the further provisions of the Article. An employee appointed to one of the designated non -sworn (Ca1PERS "Miscellaneous") classifications of employment listed in this MOU may be placed by the appointing authority at Step "AA", Step "A", Step "B", or Step "C" within the applicable salary rate range as provided above. 4.7 Service. The word "service" as used in this MOU shall be deemed to mean continuous, full- time service in the classification in which the employee is being considered for salary advancement, service in a higher classification, or service in a classification allocated to the same salary rate range and having generally similar duties and requirements. Employees hired after the first (1 s working day of a pay period shall not be credited with "time in service" for that pay period when determining the length of service required for salary step advancement. A lapse of service by an employee for a period of time longer than ten (10) calendar days by reason of resignation, quit, or discharge, shall serve to eliminate the accumulated length of service time of such employee for the purpose of this MOU and any such employee reentering the service of the City shall be considered as a new employee, except that they may be reemployed within two (2) years and placed in the same salary step in the appropriate salary rate as they were at the time of termination of employment. "Resignation, quit, or discharge" for purposes of this section shall mean leaving City service altogether and not movement within City employment by way of transfer, promotion, or demotion between and among any City departments. 4.8 Advancement Within Ranges. The following regulations shall govern salary advancement within rate ranges: A. For any employee who has been initially appointed to a step lower than Step "B," advancement to the next higher step (Step "A" from Step "AA," Step "B" from Step "A," Step "C" from Step "B," Step "D" from Step "C," or Step "E" from Step "D" respectively) shall be granted for continued satisfactory and efficient service by said employee in the effective performance of the duties of their position. The effective date of step increases, if granted, shall be the first (Ps day of the pay period following completion of one (1) year of service at the step to which said employee is being advanced. N.