PROBATION AND STEPS Clause Samples

PROBATION AND STEPS. 6.2.1 A new hire and/or promoted Unit Member shall normally be hired and/or promoted at the first step of the Unit Member’s job classification, but the Employer reserves the right to place a new and/or promoted Unit Member at a step within the job classification the Employer deems appropriate consistent with current placement criteria in accordance with state and federal law. 6.2.2 The term “Initial Probation” or “Initial Probationary” refers to the initial six (6) months or 130 days of paid service, whichever is longer, from the date of hire in a specific 6.2.3 A Unit Member having permanency in a job classification shall be placed on the next step on the salary schedule effective July 1, providing they were hired on or before December 31, of the previous year. Employees hired between January 1 and June 30, will not receive a step increase until the following year on July 1, (i.e., if hired on January 1 of any year, would not receive increase for eighteen (18) months). 6.2.4 A Unit Member failing to receive the recommendation of his/her department head and/or the approval of the Employer for permanent status in a higher job classification shall be returned to the job classification from which the Unit Member was promoted.