Promotions in Place

You can promote an employee in place if

• there's no vacancy,
• there's no change of position, assignment, or supervisory/subordinate relationship, and
• the promotion is typical.

Consider vacancies in the employee's current position, not the new, promoted position. For example, an Office Services Supervisor I position has grown until it's more appropriately classified OSS II. If this is the only OSS I position in the department in that location, there's no vacancy. On the other hand, if there's a vacant OSS I position, you can't use this exemption. Instead you could place the current OSS I employee in the vacant position and use the surplus/SROA list to hire a new OSS II.

A typical promotion means the majority of employees in one class have promoted from the other. For example, an OSS I promoting to an OSS II is typical.

Interchangeable classes, such as SSA and APA, meet the criteria for promotions in place.

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Policy Exemptions

• basic policy exemptions
• appointment of a limited-term employee to a permanent position
• employee with a documented performance problem
• promotions in place

Updated May 6, 2008 at 12:33 PM.