Common use of Trial Service Clause in Contracts

Trial Service. Section 1. Each employee appointed to a position in the bargaining unit by initial appointment, appointment to a different classification from which the employee separated with regular status after any break in service or promotion shall serve a trial service period. Section 2. The trial service period is recognized as an extension of the selection process and is the time immediately following appointment. Trial service is six (6) full months for employees at .50 FTE or greater and nine (9) months for part-time employees at less than .50 FTE. The trial service period for all employees may be extended up to three (3) months by mutual agreement between the local Union president and the university. Section 3. The University’s chief human resource officer or designee may extend trial service in instances where a trial service employee has been on a cumulative leave without pay for fifteen (15) work days or more and then only by the number of days the employee was on such leave. Section 4. When, in the judgment of the university’s chief human resource officer or designee, performance has been adequate to clearly demonstrate the competence and fitness of the trial service employee, the university’s chief human resource officer or designee may at any time appoint the employee to regular status. Section 5. Trial service employees may be removed from service when, in the judgment of the university’s chief human resource officer or designee, the employee is unable or unwilling to perform the employee’s duties satisfactorily or the employee’s habits and dependability do not merit continuation in service. Removals under this Article are not subject to Article 18 -

Trial Service. Section 1. Each employee appointed to a position in the bargaining unit by initial appointment, appointment to a different classification from which the employee separated with regular status after any break in service or promotion shall serve a trial service period. Section 2. The trial service period is recognized as an extension of the selection process and is the time immediately following appointment. Trial service is six (6) full months for employees at .50 FTE or greater and nine (9) months for part-time employees at less than .50 FTE. The trial service period for all employees may be extended up to three (3) months by mutual agreement between the local Union president and the university. Section 3. The University’s chief human resource officer or designee may extend trial service in instances where a trial service employee has been on a cumulative leave without pay for fifteen (15) work days or more and then only by the number of days the employee was on such leave. Section 4. When, in the judgment of the university’s chief human resource officer or designee, performance has been adequate to clearly demonstrate the competence and fitness of the trial service employee, the university’s chief human resource officer or designee may at any time appoint the employee to regular status. Section 5. Trial service employees may be removed from service when, in the judgment of the university’s chief human resource officer or designee, the employee is unable or unwilling to perform the employee’s duties satisfactorily or the employee’s habits and dependability do not merit continuation in service. Removals under this Article are not subject to Article 18 -not