Common use of Automatic Progression Clause in Contracts

Automatic Progression. After conversion per Section 18.1(a) and the application of Section 18.2(a), an employee on the active payroll on March 6, 2000 who is paid at a base rate of less than the rate range maximum for his/her applicable rate range as shown in Appendix B is eligible for an automatic base rate increase of thirty (30) cents per hour each six (6) months of employment until he/she reaches the rate range maximum of the assigned labour grade. In no event will the final increment in the progression system cause an employee's rate to exceed the maximum base rate in that labour grade. The provisions of the progression system do not apply to any employee whose base rate exceeds the rate range maximum of his/her assigned labour grade. Employees who are scheduled to receive an automatic progression increase under bargaining agreement provisions shall continue to receive their next progression as previously scheduled. Employees who prior to conversion to the new rate structure were not eligible for automatic rate progression shall be scheduled for their next progression increment either on his/her seniority date or six (6) months from his/her seniority date whichever is earlier. Employees on progression may be assigned any work for which they are classified. In no event however, will an employee be paid at a rate lower than the minimum base rate.