Snohomish County Construction Crafts 6/6/2023

7 7 the applicable documentation to the Human Resources Department. The effective date of the classification progression shall be retroactive to the date the department director approved the promotion. Section 4: Lead Pay Employees assigned to act as a Lead Inspector shall be paid 5% above the Inspector II classification. Section 5: The resulting percentage increase shall be applied to the previous year's current base monthly wage in each classification. Calculations resulting in less than fifty cents to be rounded to the next lower dollar and any calculations resulting in fifty cents or more to be rounded to the next higher dollar. Section 6: A. To provide a method of orderly transition from old salary schedules to new salary schedules, the following shall apply: Any employee whose base salary under a previous schedule is greater than the base salary provided in the current schedule shall continue to receive the previous base pay. B. For purposes of computing longevity, vacation, retirement and layoff seniority, the employee's adjusted employment date shall be used. All credit toward longevity shall terminate upon the employee's voluntary termination from City Service. If an employee is laid off for budgetary reasons, the City is obliged to rehire such laid off employee for a period of one year with continuous services rights restored. C. For determining advancement steps due after a promotion, the current appointment date of the promotion shall be the official appointment date to that classification. D. An employee receiving a promotion shall receive not less than one (1) full salary step above that held in the previous grade. E. A demoted employee shall be paid the highest step in their new pay range, but not more than the amount paid in the vacated position. F. For all present employees the date of hire shall also be the adjusted employment date. The date of promotion shall be the current appointment date. G. It is understood that there is a period of twelve (12) months at full-time employment between steps. There is hereby adopted as part of the salary schedule a longevity schedule for full-time employees based on years of service as follows: