PURPOSE
The purpose of this General Letter is to address the establishment of anniversary dates for all employees hired into permanent collective bargaining positions, including new employees hired on a temporary, emergency or provisional basis and part-time employees working less than 20 hours per week in bargaining unit classes. This General Letter supersedes the General Letter on this same topic dated April 7, 2000.
POLICY
Effective July 1, 1977: All employees hired into bargaining unit positions will have a permanent anniversary date of January 1. Further, employees hired between July 1 and December 31 will be eligible for an anniversary increase in the second next January following date of hire. Employees hired into bargaining unit positions between January 1 and June 30 will be eligible for their first increase on January 1 next following date of hire.
SCOPE
This General Letter applies to all new employees hired into collective bargaining positions except individuals hired into positions in the NP-4 and NP-1 bargaining units. For information concerning the establishment of Anniversary Dates for either of these two bargaining units, consult the appropriate collective bargaining
agreement or contact your agency Human Resources.
POST AUDIT
All transactions under this General Letter are subject to post-audit by the DAS Human Resources Policy and Information Systems Unit
