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57 All employees covered by the Pay Plan shall be paid at at a listed rate within the salary range established for their respective job classifications except em- - ployees in a "trainee" status, or employees whose present salaries are above the established maximum rate following transition to a new pay plan. 5.0 ENTRANCE AT THE MINIMUM 5. 1 Each new employee shall be appointed at the mini- mum salary of the range which has been established for the classification to which employed except if the new employee does not meet the minimum requirements of the position and qualified appli- cants for the position are not available, the department head may designate as a "trainee" to be appointed at a salary below the minimum but con- sistent with the provisions of the pay plan; 5.2 When the Manager shall determine that there has been a demonstrated inability to recruit at the minimum salary or that an applicant possesses exceptional qualifications (i.e. experience above and beyond that which is required in a job des- 1 cription for a position), the Manager may author- ize the employment of an applicant at a higher rate than the minimum in the salary range. No employee may be hired above the first step without the approval of the Manager. Furthermore, no employee may be hired above the third step without justification to and recommendation of the Mana- ger, with the approval of the Board of Commissioners. 6.0 SALARY OF TRAINEE A new employee who does not meet all of the established qualifications for a position may be appointed with the approval of the County Manager at a "training" salary no mare than two steps below the minimum salary estab- lished for the position. The employee shall continue to receive a reduced salary during the probationary period until the appointing department head with the approval of the County Manager shall determine that the trainee is qualified to assume the responsibilities of the position, or until the end of the probationary period when the employee is either discharged or moved to a listed rate in the salary range established for the position. 7.0 EARNED SALARY INCREMENTS - ESTABLISHMENT and DISTRIBUT- ION Salary increases above the minimum established for each class of positions shall be granted only in recognition of superior or improved performance.