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5. 4 Salary Advancement <br /> Employees serving in regular established positions shall <br /> be advanced from the "A" Step to the "B" Step in their <br /> respective classifications after completion of twelve <br /> (12) months of full-time satisfactory service, and <br /> thereafter shall be advanced to the next higher step <br /> after completion of one (1) year of full-time satis- <br /> factory service, in each of the salary steps for the <br /> classification until the top of the range is reached. <br /> No salary advancement shall be made so as to exceed any <br /> maximum rate established in the pay plan for the class <br /> to which the advanced employee's position is allocated. <br /> Salary increases shall not be automatic but shall depend <br /> upon the employees rendering satisfactory service to the <br /> City. Salary increases shall be approved by the Fire <br /> Chief upon the receipt of the recommendation of the <br /> employee's supervisor (s) . Any employee shall not normally <br /> be eligible for advancement for pay until he/she has <br /> successfully completed his/her probationary period, or <br /> any extension thereof, as provided in Section 20. <br /> Changes in an employee's salary because of promotion or <br /> demotion establish a new salary anniversary date for that <br /> employee. Salary range adjustments for a classification. <br /> will not establish a new salary anniversary date for <br /> employees serving in that classification. <br /> 5. 5 Salary Step When Salary Range is Increased <br /> Whenever the monthly schedule of compensation for a class <br /> is revised, each incumbent in a position to which the <br /> revised schedule applies shall be entitled to the step <br /> in the revised range which corresponds to the step held <br /> by him/her in the previous range. <br /> 5.6 Salary Step After Promotion or Demotion <br /> When an employee is promoted from a position in one <br /> class to a position in a higher class, he/she shall <br /> receive the minimum rate for the higher class; provided <br /> however, that such step is at least five percent (5%) <br /> above his/her current wage rate. When an employee is <br /> demoted, whether such demotion is voluntary or otherwise, <br /> that employee's compensation shall be adjusted to the salary <br /> prescribed for the class to which he/she is demoted. The <br /> specific rate of pay within the range shall be determined <br /> by the City Manager, whose decision shall be final; provided, <br /> however, that the employee's rate of pay shall not be set <br /> at a lower rate of than he/she would have received had he/she <br /> remained in the lower class. <br /> -6- <br /> • <br />