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8 5.4 Salary Step After Change in Classification When a Battalion Chief is promoted to a Deputy Chief or any other position in a higher classification, the employee shall receive the minimum rate for the higher classification; provided, compensation shall be adjusted to the salary prescribed for the classification to which the employee is demoted. The specific rate of pay within the salary range shall be determined by the shall not be lower than the salary rate the employee would earn had the employee remained in the lower classification. 5.5 Shift Management Compensation Pay Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 56-shift schedule shall be compensated in the amount equal to 7.5% of the Battalion Chief current base rate of pay paid biweekly. Effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2027 (July 3, 2027), Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 56-shift schedule shall be compensated in the amount equal to 8% of the Battalion Chief current base rate of pay paid biweekly. Shift Management Compensation covers time spent conducting normal management and/or administrative business when not on shift; for example, participating in command staff meetings, labor management meetings, BC meetings, shift management preparation, and end of shift hold over to complete turn over, reports, and paperwork, etc. The Fire Chief, and/or designee, may approve additional compensation for the entire time spent, paid at the rate of the Battalion Chief coverage stipend under Section 5.8, when assigned to participate in off-duty events greater than three (3) hours in a single day, to conduct business outside their normal management roles and responsibilities; for example, instructing training classes, or serving as assessment panelists for other agencies, etc. 5.6 Training Premium Pay Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 40-hour workweek as the Training Chief shall be compensated in the amount equal to 25% of the base rate of the Battalion Chief in Appendix A and are eligible to observe annual holidays as listed in Section 7 of the MOU. 5.7 Reimbursable Incidents & Training A Battalion Chief or Acting Battalion Chief who is either assigned to a reimbursable incident/training or is providing coverage for someone that has been assigned to a reimbursable incident/training shall be compensated at one and one-half (1 ½-hour rate of pay in 15-minute increments. 5.8 Battalion Chief Coverage Stipend Effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2025 (July 5, 2025), Battalion Chiefs shall receive compensation of $89 per hour when providing shift coverage for any 24-hour Battalion Chief absence or position vacancy or when approved in accordance with Section 5.5. Page 285 of 674