Article 40
1. A member of temporary staff shall be recruited at the first step in his grade. The AACC may allow additional seniority up to a maximum of 24 months to take account of his professional experience. General implementing provisions shall be adopted to give effect to this Article. 2. A member of temporary staff who has been at one step in his grade for two years shall automatically advance to the next step in that grade, unless his performance has been evaluated as unsatisfactory pursuant to the annual report referred to in Article 41. A member of temporary staff shall advance to the next step in his grade within four years at the latest. If a member of temporary staff is appointed head of unit, director or director-general, and provided that he has performed his new duties satisfactorily during the first nine months, he shall retroactively benefit from advancement by one step in his grade at the time the appointment comes into effect. This advancement shall lead to an increase in his basic monthly salary corresponding to the percentage between the first and the second step in each grade. 3. Where a member of the temporary staff is assigned to a post corresponding to a higher grade, as provided for in Article 10(2), he shall be placed in the initial step in that grade. However, members of the temporary staff in grades AD 9 to AD 13 carrying out the duties of head of unit who are appointed to a higher grade shall be placed in the second step of the new grade. The same arrangement shall apply to any member of the temporary staff who upon promotion is appointed director or above.