Promotion, Demotion, and Lateral Transfer Probationary Period. A. Promotion and Lateral Transfer to a Different Classification Any employee awarded a promotion or lateral transfer to a different classification as defined in Article 30 will serve a probationary period of one hundred eighty (180) days. During a lateral transfer to a different classification or promotional probationary period, the Employer maintains the right to place the employee back in the classification that the employee held previously if the employee fails to perform the job requirements of the new position. The appointing authority shall, upon the employee’s request, return the employee to a position in the classification held immediately prior to the promotion if there is a position available within the facility or when such a position becomes available. Such request must be made during the probationary period. If an employee is returned to a position in the classification title held prior to the promotion, the employee shall receive the same salary received prior to the promotion except for changes in pay rate that may have occurred or any step increase to which the employee would have been entitled in the lower classification title.
Promotion, Demotion, and Lateral Transfer Probationary Period. Any employee awarded a promotion or lateral transfer to a different classification as defined in Article 30 will serve a probationary period of one hundred eighty (180) days. The agency's decision to return an employee whose performance is unsatisfactory to the position in the classification held immediately prior to promotion shall be grievable. The appointing authority shall, upon the employee's request, return the employee to a position in the classification held immediately prior to the promotion if there is a position available within the facility or when such a position becomes available. Such request must be made during the probationary period. If an employee is returned to a position in the classification title held prior to the promotion, the employee shall receive the same salary received prior to the promotion except for changes in pay rate that may have occurred or any step increase to which the employee would have been entitled in the lower classification title. Where a single classification involves work which varies substantially among different positions within the classification or where an employee is demoted as defined in Article 30, the Employer may require employees who are laterally transferred in the same classification or demoted to serve a trial period equal to one-half of the regular probationary period for the classification. During a lateral transfer or demotion trial period, the employee may elect to return to his/her previous position or, if the employee fails to perform the job requirements of the new position to the Employer’s satisfaction, the Employer may place the employee back in the po sition the employee previously held.
Promotion, Demotion, and Lateral Transfer Probationary Period
