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- - - ---~ <br />€i°~~ <br />service. Probationary employees started two steps above the minimum <br />shall not be eligible for any automatic salary increases. Salary <br />increases beyond the second step above the minimum Sn any salary range <br />will not be awarded on an automatic basis. <br />r L;. Earned Halary Increments. Salary increases above the second step <br />established Por each class of positions shall be granted only in <br />~- recognition of superior or Smpraved performance. Each department <br />head shall be responsible for determing which employees are <br />performing superior service and are to receive earned salary <br />increments. Beginning with Suly 1, 1955, the Board of County <br />Commissioners in Sts discretioa may make funds available in any fiscal <br />year for earned salary increments to employees for step increased <br />2rom step !r`2 and above in their respective nay scale. Before becoming <br />effective the earned salary increment must be approved by the Board <br />of County Commissioners. Ordinarily, salary increments wl ll be <br />limited to one established pay range step. An emolayee nh use <br />perfornance is outstanding may be granted more than one se Lary <br />increment at any one time or may be granted an earned salary increment <br />twice daring e fiscal year (1) if the department head recommends the <br />increments and indicates in writing the special clrc ums tepees vrarrent- <br />ing the increment and (2) if the recomm en data on is approved by the <br />Board of County Commissions ra. <br />S. Bs lerv of Promoted or Recla sslfl ed Emnlovee. An employee who Ss <br />nroao ed to a nosi ion n e h gher pay gra a or an employee who Ls <br />in a nosi ti on which is recl¢ss ified to a higher oey scale shall <br />rec slue the minimum salary for the new position. However, if an <br />employee ~s salary in his nre vi pus position was equal to or above the <br />minimum for the new pus itl on, the employee shall be advanced to <br />that step Sn the new range immed intely above his rate of pay prior <br />to his promotion or reclassification. <br />I <br />r, <br />6. Reinstatement. IIoon the recommendation of the department head <br />sad wl th the sop ro val of the Board of County Commission:era, employees <br />who have left the employment of Orange County because of military <br />s erol ce or to attend s con egeor uni vers Sty may be reinstated in <br />the nosi ti on they formerly occupied or in a similar pasiti on for <br />Nnich they ~qualifled at the same salary they we r¢ recei vlnz or et the <br />minim±w salary they would be receiving if th ay had remained in the <br />employment of Orange County. Former emn loyoea with a satisfactory <br />record of service and who were recommended for re es~,n loyme nt at the <br />t imp of prior resignation say be rehired at the same salary they <br />v:ere recei vins at the termination of employment; nr at the same pay <br />level within the range if the range for that classification has <br />manrnvhile been adJusted. <br />7. Transfer. The salary oS ¢n employee transferring from one department <br />of Orange County to a Position of the same nay grade in a different <br />county departma nt shall remain unchanged et the time of transfer. <br />B. Demotion and Dismissal. Each department head shall carefully <br />observe the work en conduct of each employee in his department. <br />Any employee vrhose conduct has brou 3ht disc red It to Orange County <br />or vrhose service in his present position ie unsatisfactory shall be <br />dismissed, demoted, or reduced to e lower salary within the nay <br />scale by his department head. An emn loyee who is demoted shall. havo <br />his salary reduced to at least tho maximun+ rate of the lower class <br />of position to which he is assigned. <br />PART III. CONDITI ntvS OP E."i?LO1?!ENT <br />A. Lmplo sea Appointed by Department Head. Each Department He¢d shall <br />e resnonsin a or rec ru ng en er~ployl.ng such clerical and <br />technical emplo?ees as authorized by the budget for his department, <br />LVhen fi111n¢ a vacancy, each department head shall submit to the <br />Hoard of County Commissioners a recommendation es to tta position <br />to be filled and Lhe sts rung salary to be paid the new employee, <br />Sh line with the duties and responsibilities to be pert Armed and <br />the qualifications and experience of the soplicant, The deci s'_en <br />of the Hon rd of County Commissic ne re shall de tc rmine the rate of <br />nay of esch nevr employe a. <br />1. Prob¢ti one rv Period. Each new county employee hired after <br />October , 9 , and each emplcyea promoted after Ccteber 1, <br />195$, aha11 be requl red to serve a 12-month probsticnary period. <br />Hefora the completion of the probatl wary Period, the an po inting <br />department head shall indicate in writing to the Chairmen of the <br />Board of County Cosenissione rs <br />a. that he has discussed the new employees pro erase <br />(ACCOmhllshment s, strength, failures, and weaknesses) <br />with the new employee, <br />b, wh ett.er the new emolcyee is performing sat Ssfactory <br />n•ork, and <br />