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P. Temporary Promotion

When an employee assumes responsibilities for a higher level position for a period of
time which exceeds two (2) weeks, a temporary promotion may be recommended to the City
Manager or his designee by the department, division or office head. In these instances, if
approved, the employee will receive a minimum of a 5% increase to their base pay or be moved
to the 90% of the Market Reference Point (or MRP), whichever is higher. When the position is
filled, the pay increase will be removed. The City Manager has the authority to enact
procedures to initiate and manage promotional assignments by the city.

Q. Other Compensation Issues

The City provides a performance management and competitive pay system to reward
employees for overall meritorious job performance. However, when employees have exhibited
performance that warrants immediate monetary recognition or in order to address market
compensation issues, documented by the Human Resources Department for individual positions,
the City Manager may initiate or act upon the supervisor’s recommendation to initiate an
increase in an individual employee’s compensation. In these instances, only the City Manager is
authorized to approve market or performance increases and the authorized increase shall not
exceed ten percent of the recipient’s annual salary. In no case, shall the authorized increase
exceed the maximum of the assigned pay band. Employees are eligible for such increases once
in a twelve month period and recipients of such increases shall retain their evaluation dates. A
record of any such increases will be made and retained in the Human Resources Department.

R. Promotion

Whenever possible, it is the City's policy to fill vacancies from within the organization.

An employee’s capacity to assume greater responsibility through promotion is best
shown by willingness to accept additional duties, to get along with others, to work with
enthusiasm and efficiency, and to be dependable.

To carry out this policy, the City has developed its "promotion-from-within" program.
Whenever a position becomes vacant, the Human Resources Department advertises the position
internally containing the title and a general description of the duties of the vacant position, its
salary, and the required education and/or certification. Promotional opportunities can be found
at http://agency.governmentjobs.com/winstonsalemnc/default.cfm?promotionaljobs=1.

Employees who are interested have at least six (6) working days to respond to job
postings by completing and submitting an Internal Application to the Human Resources
Department. Internal applicants, as well as any external applicants meeting the position criteria
will be considered simultaneously for the vacancy. Therefore, internal applications should be
completed carefully. This document represents the full gamut of your skills, knowledge and
background as it pertains to the promotional opportunity for which you are applying. Internal
applicants are encouraged to attach a resume or additional information that will help the
interviewing supervisor to understand your qualifications. The interviewing supervisor may

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