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<br />15 <br /> <br />The resulting percentage increase shall be applied to the previous year's current base monthly wage in <br />each classification. Calculations resulting in less than fifty cents to be rounded to the next lower dollar <br />and any calculations resulting in fifty cents or more to be rounded to the next higher dollar. <br /> <br />2027 Wage Rate <br /> <br />Effective January 1, 2027, all employees covered by the AFSCME bargaining contract will receive a cost <br />of living adjustment of 100% of the CPI-U for Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue for June to June, minimum of 1% <br />and maximum of 5%. Additionally, all ranges shall receive a 1.0% across the board market adjustment. <br /> <br />The resulting percentage increase shall be applied to the previous year's current base monthly wage in <br />each classification. Calculations resulting in less than fifty cents to be rounded to the next lower dollar <br />and any calculations resulting in fifty cents or more to be rounded to the next higher dollar. <br /> <br />Section 2: <br /> <br />All persons who are employed in the classifications set forth above shall be paid in accordance with the <br />following: <br />A. Computation. <br />For the purposes of computing longevity, vacation, sick leave and retirement, the employee's adjusted <br />employment date shall be used. Time consisting of two (2) cumulative weeks or more in any <br />calendar year that is spent on leaves of absences without pay or separation due to a reduction in force <br />(RIF) shall cause the employee’s adjusted employment date to be adjusted accordingly. <br /> <br />Any time an employee’s hire date is adjusted, the city will notify the union and the employee. <br /> <br />B. It is the intent of the parties that the definitions pertaining to employee movements in <br />classifications as used in this section apply to compensation only and do not affect other <br />provisions of this Agreement. Promotion shall be movement to a higher compensated <br />classification; Lateral Transfer shall be movement within the same classification to another work <br />assignment; Demotion shall be movement to a lower compensated classification. <br /> <br />All persons who are employed in the classifications set forth above shall be paid in accordance with the <br />following: <br /> <br />1. For the purposes of determining step salary increases due in an employee’s entry position, the <br />employee’s adjusted employment date shall be used. Salary step increases will occur yearly from <br />the adjusted employment date. <br />2. Promotion. <br />a. For purposes of determining step salary increases due after a promotion, the current <br />position date, which indicates the date the promotion to the new classification was <br />granted, shall be used. Time consisting of two (2) cumulative weeks or more in any <br />calendar year that is spent on leave of absence without pay or separation due to a <br />reduction in force (RIF) shall not be credited toward completion of a step advancement in <br />a promotional position and shall result in an adjustment to the employee’s current <br />position date and, if applicable, to the next increment date. Salary step increases will <br />occur yearly from the current position date. <br />b. An employee receiving a promotion shall receive not less than one (1) full salary step <br />above that which their held in the previous grade.