Editing Elimination of Step & Wait Period R2022 (section)

=== Waiting Period Between Steps ===
<u>'''Effective no later than the first full pay period 180 days after ratification, the step waiting periods in the RSC M7 wage scale will be reduced from 52 weeks to 48 weeks between all steps. As of the implementation date, any employee who has at least 48 weeks in time in step credit will advance to the next step and will have their time in step credit reset. All other employees remain in the same step, retaining time in step credit.'''</u>
<u>Explanation:</u> <blockquote>''In addition to the general wage increases and COLAs, the 2022 National</br> Agreement makes two changes to the wage scale for those career</br> employees appointed on or after February 15, 2013: 
* ''Elimination of Step BB. As a result, the wage scale will be reduced</br> from 18 to 17 steps.''
* ''Reduction of the waiting period to advance to the next step on</br> the wage scale from 52 weeks to 48 weeks.''
''The result of these two changes is that the time for a career mail</br> handler to move from the entry level step to the top step (P) has been</br> reduced by more than 2 years (from 17 years to less than 15 years), a</br> total reduction of 116 weeks.''</blockquote>