Section 33.  Change of Assigned Duties

No employee shall be required regularly to perform duties of a position outside of the classification to which they has been appointed.  However, employees may be assigned temporarily duties outside their classification.  In addition, under the conditions described in the Rules of the Civil Service Commission, a department head may temporarily assign to employees whatever duties are necessary to meet the requirements of an emergency situation.

An employee my submit to their department head a written request for re-evaluation of their position based on significant changes in job content or significant discrepancies between job content and the job description.  If the employee feels their request has been unreasonably denied and they are performing duties of a position outside of the classification to which they are assigned, they shall have the right to file a grievance in accordance with Section 38 of the MOU.  If a study is conducted and the employee is denied the requested reclass, he/she shall have the right to file an appeal in accordance with Civil Service Commission Rule XIV, Section 1.B.

In the event a position is reclassified upwards, the re-classification shall be made effective retroactive to the first full pay period following thirty (30) days after the Human Resources Department receives the completed Job Description Questionnaire (JDQ) form(s).