Common use of Promotion Trial Period Clause in Contracts

Promotion Trial Period. The employee who is promoted (within or outside of the bargaining unit) shall serve a three (3) month period to prove he/she is capable of performing the work. At any time during this trial period, the employee may on his/her own volition, request in writing to be relieved of the new classification and be returned to the former classification and former rate of pay without loss of seniority. At any time during the trial period, if the Employer determines that the employee is unsatisfactory in the new classification, the Employer shall have the right to return the employee to the former classification from which he/she was promoted without loss of seniority and will provide said employee, upon written request from that employee, a written explanation specifying the reasons for the return to the former classification. Seniority shall not accumulate while the employee is in a position outside the bargaining unit beyond the three (3) month trial period.

Promotion Trial Period. The employee who is promoted from a position (within or outside of the bargaining unit) shall serve a three (3) month period to prove he/she is capable of performing the workwork satisfactory to the Employer. At any time during this trial period, the employee may on his/her own volition, request in writing to be relieved of the new classification and be returned to the former classification and former rate of pay without loss of seniority. At any time during the trial period, if the Employer determines that the employee is performing in an unsatisfactory manner in the new classification, the Employer shall have the right to return the employee to the former classification from which he/she was promoted without loss of seniority and will provide said employee, upon written request from that employee, a written explanation specifying the reasons for the return to the former classification. Seniority shall not accumulate while the employee is in a position outside the bargaining unit beyond the three (3) month trial period.