Placement on Salary Scale. a. Initial placement of faculty members on scale shall be determined using the common salary scale developed through provincial common table bargaining and included at Article 15.01 of the Agreement. b. This scale placement language will not result in scale placement on the common salary grid above Step 4, except in cases where a regular faculty position is accepted by a person already employed by, or within two years of employment by, another institution in the BC College and Institute sector in a regular position, in which case initial placement shall be made at the higher of the placement formula at the College or their current or most recent salary step at the most recent institution. This exception to the cap on scale placement will only apply when the employee becomes employed in the same or a substantially similar field. Probationary provisions set out in Article 5.08 will still apply. c. The following criteria shall be used to determine the step on the common grid at which any employee shall be initially placed:
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