36.250. 1. Every person appointed to a permanent position subject tothis chapter shall be required to successfully complete a working testduring a probationary period which shall be of sufficient length to enablethe appointing authority to observe the employee's ability to perform thevarious duties pertaining to the position.
2. The board shall by regulation establish the standards governingnormal length of the probationary period for different classes ofpositions. The regulations shall specify the criteria for reducing orlengthening the probationary period for individuals within the variousclasses. The minimum probationary period shall be three months. Themaximum probationary period shall be eighteen months for top professionalpersonnel and personnel with substantial supervisory or administrativeresponsibilities, and twelve months for all others. However, aprobationary period shall not be required for an employee reinstated withintwo years after layoff or demotion in lieu of layoff by the same divisionof service.
3. Prior to the expiration of an employee's probationary period, theappointing authority shall notify the director and the employee in writingwhether the services of the employee have been satisfactory and whether theappointing authority will continue the employee in the employee's position.No employee shall be paid for work performed after the expiration of theemployee's probationary period unless the appointing authority has notifiedthe director and the employee that the employee will be given a regularappointment or, if applicable, have the probationary period extended.
4. At any time during the probationary period the appointingauthority may remove an employee if, in the opinion of the appointingauthority, the working test indicates that the employee is unable orunwilling to perform the duties of the position satisfactorily. Uponremoval, the appointing authority shall forthwith report to the directorand to the employee removed, in writing, the appointing authority's actionand the reason thereof. No more than three employees shall be removedsuccessively from the same position during their probationary periodswithout the approval of the director. An employee who is found by thedirector to have been appointed through fraud shall be removed within tendays of notification of the appointing authority.
5. If an employee is removed from the employee's position during, orat the end of, the employee's probationary period, and the directordetermines that the employee is suitable for appointment to anotherposition, the employee's name shall be restored to the register from whichit was certified. An employee appointed from a promotional register whodoes not successfully complete the employee's probationary period shall, ifotherwise eligible for retention in employment, be reinstated in a positionin the class occupied by the employee immediately prior to the employee'spromotion or in a comparable class.
36.250. 1. Every person appointed to a permanent position subject tothis chapter shall be required to successfully complete a working testduring a probationary period which shall be of sufficient length to enablethe appointing authority to observe the employee's ability to perform thevarious duties pertaining to the position.
2. The board shall by regulation establish the standards governingnormal length of the probationary period for different classes ofpositions. The regulations shall specify the criteria for reducing orlengthening the probationary period for individuals within the variousclasses. The minimum probationary period shall be three months. Themaximum probationary period shall be eighteen months for top professionalpersonnel and personnel with substantial supervisory or administrativeresponsibilities, and twelve months for all others. However, aprobationary period shall not be required for an employee reinstated withintwo years after layoff or demotion in lieu of layoff by the same divisionof service.
3. Prior to the expiration of an employee's probationary period, theappointing authority shall notify the director and the employee in writingwhether the services of the employee have been satisfactory and whether theappointing authority will continue the employee in the employee's position.No employee shall be paid for work performed after the expiration of theemployee's probationary period unless the appointing authority has notifiedthe director and the employee that the employee will be given a regularappointment or, if applicable, have the probationary period extended.
4. At any time during the probationary period the appointingauthority may remove an employee if, in the opinion of the appointingauthority, the working test indicates that the employee is unable orunwilling to perform the duties of the position satisfactorily. Uponremoval, the appointing authority shall forthwith report to the directorand to the employee removed, in writing, the appointing authority's actionand the reason thereof. No more than three employees shall be removedsuccessively from the same position during their probationary periodswithout the approval of the director. An employee who is found by thedirector to have been appointed through fraud shall be removed within tendays of notification of the appointing authority.
5. If an employee is removed from the employee's position during, orat the end of, the employee's probationary period, and the directordetermines that the employee is suitable for appointment to anotherposition, the employee's name shall be restored to the register from whichit was certified. An employee appointed from a promotional register whodoes not successfully complete the employee's probationary period shall, ifotherwise eligible for retention in employment, be reinstated in a positionin the class occupied by the employee immediately prior to the employee'spromotion or in a comparable class.
36.250. 1. Every person appointed to a permanent position subject tothis chapter shall be required to successfully complete a working testduring a probationary period which shall be of sufficient length to enablethe appointing authority to observe the employee's ability to perform thevarious duties pertaining to the position.
2. The board shall by regulation establish the standards governingnormal length of the probationary period for different classes ofpositions. The regulations shall specify the criteria for reducing orlengthening the probationary period for individuals within the variousclasses. The minimum probationary period shall be three months. Themaximum probationary period shall be eighteen months for top professionalpersonnel and personnel with substantial supervisory or administrativeresponsibilities, and twelve months for all others. However, aprobationary period shall not be required for an employee reinstated withintwo years after layoff or demotion in lieu of layoff by the same divisionof service.
3. Prior to the expiration of an employee's probationary period, theappointing authority shall notify the director and the employee in writingwhether the services of the employee have been satisfactory and whether theappointing authority will continue the employee in the employee's position.No employee shall be paid for work performed after the expiration of theemployee's probationary period unless the appointing authority has notifiedthe director and the employee that the employee will be given a regularappointment or, if applicable, have the probationary period extended.
4. At any time during the probationary period the appointingauthority may remove an employee if, in the opinion of the appointingauthority, the working test indicates that the employee is unable orunwilling to perform the duties of the position satisfactorily. Uponremoval, the appointing authority shall forthwith report to the directorand to the employee removed, in writing, the appointing authority's actionand the reason thereof. No more than three employees shall be removedsuccessively from the same position during their probationary periodswithout the approval of the director. An employee who is found by thedirector to have been appointed through fraud shall be removed within tendays of notification of the appointing authority.
5. If an employee is removed from the employee's position during, orat the end of, the employee's probationary period, and the directordetermines that the employee is suitable for appointment to anotherposition, the employee's name shall be restored to the register from whichit was certified. An employee appointed from a promotional register whodoes not successfully complete the employee's probationary period shall, ifotherwise eligible for retention in employment, be reinstated in a positionin the class occupied by the employee immediately prior to the employee'spromotion or in a comparable class.
