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4.6 Beginning Rates. A new employee of the City of Santa Ana shall be paid the rate shown <br /> as Step "A" in the salary range allocated to the class of employment for which they have <br /> been hired. In special instances where such new employee possesses unique and <br /> exceptional education, training and/or experience qualifications, the department head <br /> under whom the employee will serve, may submit a written request and justification to the <br /> City Manager for authorization to place such new employee on any other Step within the <br /> allocated salary range,provided that such employee shall be assigned such salary step upon <br /> the commencement of their service in the classification of employment to which the salary <br /> range applies and such assignment having once been made shall remain in effect until the <br /> employee shall be entitled to advance to the next salary step in accordance with the further <br /> provisions of this Article. <br /> 4.7 Service. The word "service" as used in this MOU shall be deemed to mean continuous, <br /> full-time service in the classification in which the employee is being considered for salary <br /> advancement, service in the higher classification or service in a classification allocated to <br /> the same salary range and having generally similar duties and requirements. Employees <br /> hired after the first (1st) working day of the month shall not be credited with "time-in- <br /> service" for that month when determining the length of service required for salary step <br /> advancement. A lapse of service by an employee for a period of time longer than thirty <br /> (30) calendar days by reason of resignation or discharge, shall serve to eliminate the <br /> accumulated length of service time of such employee for the purpose of this MOU and any <br /> such employee reentering the service of the City shall be considered as a new employee, <br /> except that they may be reappointed within one (1) year and may be placed in the same <br /> salary step in the appropriate salary range as they was at the time of termination of <br /> employment. <br /> 4.8 Promotional Salary Advancement. When an employee is promoted to a position in a higher <br /> classification from a position in a lower classification in the same occupational job family <br /> series, they shall be reassigned to Step "A" in the appropriate salary range for the higher <br /> classification; provided however, that if the base salary step currently being paid to the <br /> employee is already equal to or higher than said Step "A,"they will be placed in the lowest <br /> step in the appropriate salary range as will grant the employee an increase of at least one <br /> (1) salary step over their current base salary step including assignment pays, shift <br /> differential and bilingual pay being paid at the time of promotion. <br /> 4.9 Demotion. When an employee is demoted to a position in a lower classification, their <br /> salary rate shall be fixed in the appropriate salary range for the lower classification in <br /> accordance with the following provisions: <br /> A. The salary rate shall be reduced by at least one (1) step. <br /> B. The new salary rate must be within the appropriate salary range. <br /> C. The new salary rate shall not be higher than the salary step to which the employee <br /> would have been entitled had their service time in the higher classification been <br /> spent in the lower classification. <br /> 10 <br />