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the allocated salary rate range for the classification in which he/she is being hired. If <br />approved, such new employee shall be assigned to a salary step upon the commencement <br />of his/her service in the classification of employment to which the salary rate range applies <br />and such assigrunent having once been made shall remain in effect until the said employee <br />shall be entitled to advance to the next salary step in accordance with the further provisions <br />of this article. <br />4.7 Service <br />The word "service" as used in this MOT shall be deemed to mean continuous, full-time <br />service in the classification in which the employee is being considered for salary <br />advancement, service in a higher classification, or service in a classification allocated to <br />the same salary rate range and having generally similar duties and requirements. <br />Employees hired after the first (P) work day of the month shall not be credited with "time <br />in service" for that month when determining the Iength of service required for salary step <br />advancement. <br />A lapse of service by an employee for a period of time longer than thirty (30) calendar days <br />by reason of resignation, quit [i.e. less than two (2) weeks' notice], or discharge, shall serve <br />to eliminate the accumulated length of service time of such employee for the purposes of <br />this MOLJ, and such employee reentering the service of the City shall be considered as a <br />new employee, except when he/she is being or will be reappointed within one (1) year and <br />placed in the same salary step in the appropriate salary rate as he/she was at the time of <br />termination of employment, <br />"Resignation, quit, or discharge" for purposes of this section shall mean separating from <br />full-time employment altogether, not leaving one (1) position to accept appointment to <br />another position in an unrelated classification outside the career ladder. <br />4.8 Advancement within Ranges <br />A. Length of Service Advancement <br />After the salary of an employee has been first established, such employee shall be <br />advanced from Step "AAA" to Step "AA," Step "AA" to Step "A," from Step "A" <br />to Step "B," from Step "B" to Step "C," or from Step "C" to Step "D," whichever <br />is the next higher step to that on which the employee has been previously paid. Each <br />advancement shall be effective the first (h s day of the month following the date of <br />completion of the length of service required for the advancement, as provided in <br />Section 4.2 and the salary schedule. <br />B. Merit Advancement <br />An employee shall be, considered for advancement from Step "D" to Step "E" upon <br />the completion of the required length of service as provided in Section 4.2 and the <br />r='-'¢"¢.z"�'u^i'��Cr��. ._�._ .. .. _ �vnraaax �..., ..W_�.a3--•' S±+E•—^..r..-Ste'=ams'��s <br />2019-2022 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full -Time Employees Unit Page 18 <br />1 % 0 <br />