Chapter V: Grading and promotion

Advancement to a higher step may be granted by the appointing authority, after consulting the Joint Committee, to staff members who have been awarded a mark higher than the average mark obtained by staff members in the same grade, provided that no more than one in three promotions may be made under these provisions.

A member of staff who is promoted within his own institution or after appointment to another institution shall be classified in his new grade at the step carrying a salary equal to or, failing that, immediately higher than that which he received in his former grade, the benefit of seniority acquired in the former step being maintained only in the event of reclassification at equal salary.

Periods of military training completed after entry into the hospital administration, sick leave, long-term leave and maternity leave are taken into account for advancement in step and grade. Compulsory military service is also taken into account, in accordance with the rules applicable to civil servants.

The table is prepared each year by the administration with which the relevant joint committees sit and submitted to these committees, which then act as promotion committees and submit their proposals to the appointing authority. The promotion table must include a number of candidates equal to the number of posts likely to become vacant during the year plus 50%. The list must be drawn up by the appointing authority by…

Staff must be informed of the promotion tables within one month of the date on which they are drawn up.

If the table is exhausted, a supplementary table is drawn up.