R477-4-5. Transfer and Reassignment

  (1) Positions may be filled through a transfer or reassignment.

  (a) The receiving agency shall verify the employee's career service status and that the employee meets the job requirements for the position.

  (b) Agencies receiving a transfer or reassignment of an employee shall accept all of that employee's previously accrued sick, annual, and converted sick leave on the official leave records.

  (c) A transfer may not include an increase but may include a decrease in actual wage.

  (d) A reassignment may not include a decrease in actual wage except as provided in federal or state law.

  (e) An employee who is transferred or reassigned to a position where the employee's current actual wage is above the salary range maximum of the new position, is considered to be above maximum and may not be eligible for a longevity increase. Employees shall be eligible for a longevity increase only after they have been above the salary range maximum for 12 months and all other longevity criteria are met.

  (f) An employee with a wage that is above the salary range maximum because of a longevity increase, who is transferred or reassigned and remains at or above the salary range maximum, shall receive their next longevity increase three years from the date they received the most recent increase if they receive a passing performance appraisal rating within the previous 12 months.

  (2) A reassignment or transfer may include assignment to:

  (a) a different job or position with an equal or lesser salary range maximum;

  (b) a different work location; or

  (c) a different organizational unit.