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E. Effective the first full pay period of April 2021 and April 2022 all non -topped out <br />bargaining unit employees, except new hires who have not attained dual certification, <br />will proceed to the next step of their respective pay plan. Topped -out employees shall <br />receive a $1,200 lump sum payment not added to their base pay to be paid in the first <br />full pay period of April 2021 and April 2022. New hire employees, who have not <br />attained paramedic certification as of the first full pay period in April 2021 and 2022 <br />respectively, will not advance to the next step of their respective pay plan until <br />paramedic certification is attained (not to exceed 12 months from date of hire). Upon <br />attainment of paramedic certification, their pay will be increased to the entry level rate <br />for a dual certified position and the employee will receive the step increase effective the <br />first full pay period following attainment of the paramedic certification. <br />F. Step moves, cost -of -living increases, general wage increases, pay scale adjustments or <br />'lump sum payments, if any, after September 30, 2022 shall be established through <br />collective bargaining for a successor Agreement. <br />G. In the event of promotion, the employee shall move to the same step of the pay plan <br />for the higher rank on the first day of the pay period nearest to the date of promotion. <br />In the event the same step of the pay plan does not exist for the higher rank, the <br />employee shall move to the lowest step of the higher rank and shall not be eligible to <br />receive the first subsequent step increase provided in 34.2 D and E. <br />64 <br />