means the assignment of an employee by the appointing authority from an established position to a different established position having a lower rate of pay
The transferring of an employee (sometimes as a disciplinary measure) to a job with reduced duties, responsibilities, and/or pay as compared to the employee's previously held position
the assignment of an employee by the appointing authority from one established position to a different established position having a lower State salary range or, for employees in positions without a State salary range, assignment of a lower rate of pay to the employee except when the employees job duties also are decreased for nonpunitive reasons (S C Code Ann § 8-17-320 (8)) DUAL EMPLOYMENT an agreement by which an employee with an employing agency accepts temporary, part-time employment with the same or another agency
is the appointment of an employee, because of incompetence or incapacity, to a position that has a lower maximum rate of pay than the maximum rate of pay applicable to the employee's former position (rétrogradation)
converting a fundamental type to another fundamental type, with possible loss of precision For example, a demotion would occur in converting a long to a char
A change of a student employee from a position in one class to a position in another class which is assigned to a lower pay range in the same schedule; or a change of a student employee from one position in one classification to a position in another classification on another schedule where the midpoint of the new classifications range is lower than the midpoint of the old classifications range by 4 percent or more Probation is required