TRIAL SERVICE Section 1. All new employees appointed to a position shall serve an initial trial service period of six (6) months with the Agency. An employee’s trial service period may be extended in instances where an employee has leave without pay for fifteen (15) consecutive days or more. A leave of absence shall extend the trial service period by the number of calendar days of the leave taken by the employee. During the initial trial service period, the employee may use accrued times such as vacation, compensatory time, personal business leave or sick leave after having transferred from another agency with supervisory approval, if the employee obtained eligibility in the other agency. Where a performance deficit requires additional training time, the Agency may extend the initial trial service by written notice to the employee. The Union will be notified of the extension by copy of the extension letter.
Section 2. The supervisor shall evaluate the employee’s work habits and ability to perform his/her duties satisfactorily within the initial trial service period. The Agency may remove an employee if, in the opinion of the Agency, the trial service indicates that such employee is unable or unwilling to perform his/her duties satisfactorily or that his/her work habits and dependability do not merit his/her continuance in the position. Such removals are not subject to appeal or the grievance procedure.
Section 3. When an employee is promoted to a position inside the unit that employee shall serve a trial service period of six (6) months. If such employee was previously a regular status employee in another position in the classified service immediately prior to his/her present appointment, he/she shall be reinstated to his/her former position or classification level unless charges are filed and he/she is discharged as provided in Article 22.
Section 4. An employee who is transferred or demoted to another position in the same class, or different class at the same or lower salary level in the Agency prior to completion of the trial service period, shall complete the trial service period in the latter position by adding the service in the former position.
