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~ City of Eugene <br /> Human Resource and Risk Services Policies <br /> 1. An employee may request to voluntarily demote to a vacant position within <br /> their <br /> department. If this is approved, no posting is necessary. <br /> 2. Employees may apply for voluntarily demotion outside their department by <br /> applying during the transfer process identified above in Section 3-622.1, <br /> when the vacant position being announced is in a classification at a lower <br /> salary range from their current classification. <br /> <br /> ~ 3. Supervisors may demote an employee as a type of disciplinary action. <br /> 4. Voluntary and involuntary demotions can also be part of a downsizing <br /> process. <br /> 3-633 Effect of a Demotion on Salary, Merit Review Date and Probationary <br /> Status <br /> (Revised 2/11 /97) <br /> For both voluntary and involuntary demotion: <br /> a) If the employee's current pay is higher than the top step of the new lower <br /> range, the salary will be reduced to the top step of the new lower salary range on <br /> the effective date of the demotion. The next merit review date does not change. <br /> b) If the employee's salary matches a step on the new salary range, the <br /> employee will be <br /> placed on that step. The next review date does not change. <br /> c) If the employee's current pay falls in-between two steps on the new salary <br /> range, the employee's pay is not changed. The next review date will be set <br /> based on where the employee's salary is on the new range. If the employee's <br /> current pay is closer to the lower step, the next review date is one year after the <br /> effective date of the demotion. If the current pay is closer to the higher step, <br /> there is no change in the employee's next review date. <br /> d) If the demotion is a disciplinary demotion, the employee's pay is generally <br /> moved to step 6, on step, or down to the closest step on the new pay range. <br /> The next review date is one year after the effective date of the disciplinary <br /> demotion. In no circumstances would the employee receive an increase. <br /> Voluntary demotions generally serve a new probationary period, while <br /> Human Resource and Risk Services Revision: 06/16/02 <br /> <br />