§ 306-13. Transfers and Promotions.

When an employee is transferred to a different classification in the interests of the service, compensation shall be fixed at the same rate as in the former classification, if the new classification contains such a rate; otherwise, at the rate in the new classification next higher than the previous compensation received by the employee.

When an employee is promoted from one classification to a higher classification, compensation shall be fixed at the rate in the new classification next higher than the compensation rate previously received by the employee.

Whenever, owing to the military service provisions of Section 143.22 of the Ohio Revised Code, it becomes necessary to transfer a promoted employee or other employee to a lower classification, the compensation after transfer shall be, in the case of the promoted employee, at the rate received prior to the promotion, if there is such rate in the lower classification, otherwise at the next higher rate, and, in the case of any other employee, at the beginning rate in the lower classification, with the proviso, in either case, that if, during the period of service in the higher classification, the employee, in the opinion of the appointing authority, has demonstrated that such employee could have advanced in his or her compensation rate in the lower class, and such fact is certified by the appointing authority, the employee shall be paid at the rate to which the employee could have advanced.

For the purposes of this section, the civil service commission shall determine whether the change from one class to another is a promotion or a transfer.

(C.O. 306-7; renumbered to C.M.C. 306-13, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 337-1979, eff. Aug. 1, 1979)