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There have been numerous questions from various FPA classes concerning credit
for previous city employment and how it relates to their Fire Department salary.
I met with B.C. Brown (Personnel) and he offered the following guidelines:
Anyone transferred into Department prior to January 1, 2003
If you were receiving a salary less than the FPA "hiring" level, you would
be paid at FPA "hiring".
If you were earning more, you would continue at that salary until all
others from your FPA class reach that salary and then everyone would move
through the salary scale equally.
Leave time will continue to accumulate based on the employee’s original
city hire date.
Anyone transferred into Department after 1/1/03
Employee will go to FPA "hiring" salary IRREGARDLESS of previous city
salary and progress through the salary scale equally with their FPA class.
Leave time will continue to accumulate based on the employee’s original
city hire date.
Longevity increases (for ALL previous city employees)*
While in the FPA program, employees are placed in pay grade 999. This
grade prohibits employees from receiving longevity increases. Immediately upon
completion of 3 years, employees with previous city employment (with no break
in service) will be eligible for all longevity steps based on total city
employment.
Example: An employee with three years at Public Works transfers to the
Fire Department. When the employee reaches 5 years total city time, he/she
will still be in FPA pay grade 999. Upon completion of the FPA program, the
employee will go to the "experienced" level and also be eligible for a 5 year
longevity increase.
The longevity pay will not be retroactive.
*NOTE: The above information is what the City is currently doing. However,
since writing this article and further review, it seems that their policy
concerning longevity steps violates our MOU. I am in discussion with the Fire
Department and Labor Commissioner's Office and will let you know the final
outcome.
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