SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) - PART-TIME CIVIL SERVICE (2019-2022)

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(6) months from the date of appointment from a promotional eligible list. 4.6 Beginning Rates A new employee shall be paid the rate shown as Step "AA" in the salary rate range allocated to the classification of employment for which he/she has been hired. In special instances where such new employee possesses unique and exceptional educational training and/or experience qualifications, the Department Head, under whom the employee will serve, may submit a written request and justification to the City Manager for authorization to place such new employee on Step "A," "B," "C," or "D" within the allocated. salary rate range for the classification in which he/she is being hired. If approved, such new employee shall be assigned to a salary step upon the commencement of his/her service in the classification of employment to which the salary rate range applies 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 this article. 4.7 Service The word "service" as used in this MOU shall be deemed to mean continuous, full-time service, or an equivalent number of hours, 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. For the purpose of this MOU, an equivalent number of hours shall mean the following: • Two thousand and eighty (2080) hours for one (1) year. • One thousand and forty (1040) hours for six (6) months. Employees hired after the first (1st) work day of the month shall not be credited with "time in service" for that month 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 thirty (30) calendar days by reason of resignation, quit [i.e. less than two (2) weeks' notice], or discharge, shall serve to eliminate the accumulated length of service time of such employee for the purposes of this MOU, and such employee reentering the service of the City shall be considered as a new employee, except when he/she is being or will be reappointed within one (1) year and placed in the same salary step in the appropriate salary rate as he/she was at the time of termination of employment. 2019-2022 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Part -Time Civil Service Employees Unit Page 13