Change in Employment Status

The employment status of an employee may change due to personnel actions taken by the Council. Employment status may be changed by any of the personnel actions described in this policy.

Promotion: Change of an employee from a position of one class to a position of another class having greater responsibility and/or higher salary scale. It is Council policy to fill vacancies from within whenever qualified employees are available.

Demotion: Change of an employee from a position of one class to a position of another class having a lower starting salary and requiring less responsibility. An employee may be demoted for unsatisfactory service, elimination of position, organizational restructure, or voluntary request for demotion by the employee. Voluntary requests may or may not be granted at the discretion of the Council.

Layoff: Involuntary separation through no fault of the employee resulting from business considerations.

Termination: Involuntary permanent separation of an employee from employment with the Council.

Policy No.  280  Issued  5/1/2007  Applicable  5/1/2007