Promotion (rank)

With the carriage a member of a civilian organization or a national of a military force is transmitted, a higher grade or a more responsible service position. As a rule, so that a higher wage is connected.

Generally

In principle, the transport performance principle subject ( suitability, performance and capability ). " Proven " Accordingly, an employee, and it is given him credit awarded the new office. The probation climb is in the public service, the term for the occupation of a high-order position in a higher grade or a higher grade ( for employees ). Any promotion for officials is dependent on a free and be occupied avisierten position.

Formally are clearly regulated transport, especially in the civil service law and the military. Here raceway systems regulate the times and conditions under which a higher grade or a higher office ( title) may be awarded. The Bundeswehr is the § 5 of the Soldatenlaufbahnverordnung. Currently is conveyed to the German police after life, that is, that one is no longer promoted by positive assessment of the supervisor, but according to the length of service years.

In the private economic working life is associated with the concept of transport any type of transmission of a higher responsibility within the same company; such employee, for example, promoted to foreman or department head. The volunteer fire departments make transport either by seniority or function -dependent. Hierarchically structured associations with internal distribution offices, such as gun clubs or science fiction fan clubs, the carriage of members regulate mostly based on its own guidelines.

Distinction between transport and appointment

To be distinguished from the carriage of which is the appointment. In the Bundeswehr according to § 4 requires the soldiers Law of appointment

This means that the appointment is the formal act that is carried out in each case at a status change. On a transport document is then available, for example, the text

" On behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany I appoint the Lieutenant first name last name with effect from the date for Lieutenant "

Degradation and transport ban

The opposite of a promotion is a demotion (for officials and judges in Germany called dislocation in office with lower final basic salary, with soldiers of the Armed Forces as a grade reduction ). This can be imposed for serious misconduct. Among the judicial disciplinary action against soldiers of the Bundeswehr include transport ban, reduction in grade and rank reduction.