Promotion, demotion, reallocation, transfer and temporary promotion.
St. Louis Revised Code § 4.10.060
in effect4.10.060 - Promotion, demotion, reallocation, transfer and temporary promotion.
An employee who is transferred, promoted, demoted, or whose position is reallocated after the effective date of this chapter, shall have his/her rate of pay for the new position determined as follows:
(a) Promotion: This shall be defined as a change of an employee in the Classified Service from a position of one class to a position of another class with a higher pay grade or a higher starting minimum salary.
(1) When an employee is promoted to a position in the general, management or trades pay schedule, the employee's current bi-weekly rate of pay shall be set at a rate which is five (5) percent higher than the rate received immediately prior to the promotion or adjusted to the nearest step in the new pay matrix which is not less than but is closest to a rate which is five (5) percent higher than the rate received immediately prior to promotion. An appointing authority, with the prior approval of the Director of Personnel, may increase the pay of an employee up to twenty (20) percent, adjusted to the nearest step, when such action is needed to attract experienced, qualified candidates for a position. Such salary determinations shall take into consideration the nature and magnitude of the accretion of duties and responsibilities resulting from the promotion. However, no employee shall be paid less than the minimum rate nor more than the maximum rate for the new class of position, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(2) Temporary promotion: When an employee, whose salary range is established in Section 4.10.020(a) or 4.10.020(b), is certified and temporarily promoted to a vacant position, for a limited duration, the employee's current salary shall be adjusted as provided in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. Upon expiration of the temporary promotion, the employee shall be returned to his/her former rate of pay, adjusted by any increases the employee would have received in the absence of the temporary promotion. In no case shall the employee's salary be above the maximum of the salary range, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.
Employees whose salary ranges are established in Section 4.10.020(c) or 4.10.020(d) of this chapter, upon receipt of a temporary promotion, shall be granted the new rank with a salary adjustment based on appropriate years of service in accordance with procedures established for a regular promotion. At the end of the temporary promotion, the employee shall be returned to the rank held immediately prior to the temporary promotion. The employee's rate of pay shall be based on the appropriate years of service.
(b) Demotion: This shall be defined as a change of an employee in the Classified Service from a position of one class to a position of another class which has a lower pay grade and a lower starting minimum salary.
(1) If an employee is demoted for disciplinary reasons in accordance with the rules of the Department of Personnel and Civil Service Commission and established disciplinary procedures, his/her rate of pay shall be established at a rate within the range for the new position which is at least five (5) percent lower than the rate received immediately prior to the demotion or reduced to the nearest step which is at least five (5) percent lower than the rate received immediately prior to the demotion, except no employee shall be reduced below the minimum of the range unless otherwise provided for in this chapter. The amount of the reduction shall be determined by the appointing authority, with the approval of the Director of Personnel.
(2) If an employee accepts a voluntary demotion, his/her current rate of pay shall be reduced within the range for the new position which is five (5) percent lower, to the closest downward step, than the rate received immediately prior to demotion, except that employees who are in a working test period and demote to their previous class of position or pay grade, will return to the rate or step received immediately prior to the promotion, plus any adjustments as otherwise provided in this chapter. No employee shall be paid less than the minimum nor more than the maximum rate for the new class of position, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(3) When an employee is demoted for reasons in the best interest of the City Service as determined by the Director of Personnel, his/her salary may be reduced by reason of the new salary range and grade with the prior approval of the Director of Personnel. If the salary of such employee is above the maximum for the new position, the employee's salary shall not be increased so long as he/she remains in the position, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.
(c) Reallocation:
(1) If the employee's position is reallocated to a class in a lower pay grade, his/her salary shall remain unchanged or adjusted to the closest step provided the employee's rate of pay shall not be reduced.
(2) The salary of an employee whose position is allocated to a class in a higher pay grade shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10.060(a)(1) relating to salary advancement on promotion.
(d) Transfer: The salary rate of an employee who transfers to a different position in the same class, or from a position in one class to a position in another class in the same pay grade, shall remain unchanged, provided that no employee shall be paid less than the minimum rate nor more than the maximum rate for the new class of position, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(e) Over Maximum: The salary of an employee, which is in excess of the maximum of the range prescribed by this chapter for the class and grade to which his/her position has been allocated or may be reallocated, shall not be reduced by reason of the new salary range and grade. The salary of such employee shall not be increased so long as he/she remains in the class of position, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.
(Ord. No. 71963, § 6, 2-11-2025; Ord. No. 71686, § 6, 6-28-2023; Ord. No. 71512, § 6, 6-16-2022; Ord. No. 71099, § 6, 2-27-2020.)
Source: City of St. Louis, Missouri, Revised Code of the City of Saint Louis, 2020, Annotated, and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/st._louis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT4PE_CH4.10CLSEPL_4.10.060PRDERETRTEPRFetched: 11/1/2026