Common use of Permanent Transfer to Lower Rated Classification Clause in Contracts

Permanent Transfer to Lower Rated Classification. Any employee who is permanently assigned by the Employer to work in a lower rated classification will not have his or her hourly rate of pay reduced. Said employee will continue to receive the hourly rate of pay he or she was earning prior to said transfer, until the hourly rate of pay in the lower rated classification to which he or she has been assigned equals or surpasses same.