PROBATION AND JUST CAUSE. A. No probationary employee shall be disciplined (except for discharge), reprimanded, suspended or reduced in rank or compensation without just cause. Probationary employees who are discharged shall not have access to the grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement for the purpose of challenging such discharge. Employees who have completed their probationary period shall not be disciplined, reprimanded, suspended, discharged, or reduced in rank or compensation without just cause.
PROBATION AND JUST CAUSE. Employees covered under this Appendix may be disciplined or discharged only for just cause after serving a probationary period. Employees covered under this Appendix shall serve a probationary period equal to half-time of the normal cumulative annual hours of a comparable full-time permanent position. Employees who have passed the probationary period and then move from seasonal/hourly status to permanent status, by applying and obtaining a vacant permanent position, shall be subject to a six (6) month trial period during which time the employee shall be entitled to return to his/her former seasonal/hourly position if either the employee or Employer so decides and the position still exists. This provision will not prevent normal seasonal layoffs or layoffs due to a lack of work or funds.
