F. CHANGE IN EMPLOYEE RELATIONS GROUP

1. This part of Section 4 applies to employees in titles reassigned from any designated managerial Employee Relations Group to any non-managerial Employee Relations Group.
   
   
2. Anniversary dates for employees will be set by one of the following methods, consistent with applicable rules on eighth and ninth step:
   
   
   1. Employees with anniversary dates which occur after the effective date of the reassignment will remain unchanged.
      
      
   2. Employees who have not received a performance increase or lump sum award in the 12 month period preceding the reassignment will be advanced to the next incremental step and assigned an anniversary date which concurs with the effective date of the reassignment.
      
      
   3. c. Employees who have received a lump sum payment in lieu of a performance increase within the 12 month period preceding the reassignment will be assigned an anniversary date one year from the effective date of the lump sum payment.
   
   
   
3. Employees may be advanced to the next incremental step on the anniversary date determined in 2. above in accordance with the provisions of the current Salary Regulation for the Employee Relations Group to which the employee has been reassigned, provided their performance was at least satisfactory or successful