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Section IV New Hires

  1. The appointment rate for an employee newly hired on or after July 1, 2005 and appointed at a reduced hiring rate shall be the applicable minimum "hiring rate" set forth in subsections 2(a)(i)(1), 2(b)(i)(1) and 2(c)(i)(1). On the two year anniversary of the employee's original date of appointment, such employee shall be paid the indicated minimum "incumbent rate" for the applicable title that is in effect on such two year anniversary as set forth in subsection 2(a)(i)(2), 2(b)(i)(2) and 2(c)(i)(2) of this Article III.
    1. For a title subject to an incremental pay plan, the employee shall be paid the appropriate increment based upon the employee's length of service. Section 2 of this Article III reflects the correct amounts and has been adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(c)(i) of this Article III.
    2. Employees who change titles or levels before attaining two years of service will be treated in the new title or level as if they had been originally appointed to said title or level on their original hiring date.
    3. For the purposes of Sections 4(a) and 4(b), employees 1) who were in active pay status before July 1, 2005, and 2) who are affected by the following personnel actions after said date shall not be treated as "newly hired" employees and shall be entitled to receive the indicated minimum "incumbent rate" set forth in subsections 2(a)(i)(2), 2(b)(i)(2) and 2(c)(i)(2) of this Article III:
    1. Employees who return to active status from an approved leave of absence.
    2. Employees in active status (whether full or part-time) appointed to permanent status from a civil service list, or to a new title (regardless of jurisdictional class or civil service status) without a break in service of more than 31 days.
    3. Employees who were laid off or terminated for economic reasons who are appointed from a recall/preferred list or who were subject to involuntary redeployment.
    4. Provisional employees who were terminated due to a civil service list who are appointed from a civil service list within one year of such termination.
    5. Permanent employees who resign and are reinstated or who are appointed from a civil service list within one year of such resignation.
    6. Employees (regardless of jurisdictional class or civil service status) who resign and return within 31 days of such resignation.
    7. A provisional employee who is appointed directly from one provisional appointment to another.
    8. For employees whose circumstances were not anticipated by the parties, the First Deputy Commissioner of Labor Relations is empowered to issue, on a case-by-case basis, interpretations concerning application of this Section 4. Such case-by-case interpretations shall not be subject to the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Article VI of this Agreement.
  4. The First Deputy Commissioner of Labor Relations may, after notification to the affected union(s), exempt certain hard to recruit titles from the provisions of subsection 4.

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