(A) The initial probationary period for
all classified employees in the state agencies, boards, and commissions hired
on or after September 20, 2015 shall be three hundred sixty-five calendar days
for all positions assigned to a pay range in schedule E-1 of division (A) of
section 124.152 of the Revised Code. The probationary period for all classified
employees in the state agencies, boards, and commissions promoted on or after
September 20, 2015 shall be one hundred eighty calendar days for all positions
assigned to a pay range in schedule E-1 of division (A) of section 124.152 of
the Revised Code. Classified employees of the state agencies. boards, and
commissions hired or promoted before September 20, 2015 into positions assigned
to a pay range in schedule E-1 of division (A) of section 124.152 of the
Revised Code shall serve the probationary period for the position that existed
at the time the employee was hired or promoted into the position.
(B) Any positions not assigned to a
classification salary base shall use the starting point for the position in
lieu thereof for probationary period determination.
(C) Longer probationary periods for
promotions, not in excess of three hundred sixty-five calendar days, may be
authorized by the director for specific job classifications, upon request of
the appointing authorities concerned, and upon the submission of proper
documentation as required by the director.
(D) Time spent in no-pay status shall not
be counted as part of the probationary period. Probationary periods shall be
extended by an equal number of calendar days the employee spent in no-pay
status.
(E) An appointing authority may, with the
consent of the employee and approval of the director, extend an employee's
promotional probationary period for up to sixty calendar days to allow
additional time to review the employee's performance. A second extension,
not to exceed sixty calendar days, may be requested by the appointing authority
with the consent of the employee and the approval of the director to allow
additional time to review the employee's performance. Any probationary
period extension shall only be granted if an employee consents to the extension
prior to the end of the employee's normal probationary period or the end
of the first extension, as applicable. In no event shall the time period
covered by the probationary period and any extensions exceed a total of three
hundred sixty-five calendar days in length.
(F) For purposes of step increases
pursuant to section 124.15 of the Revised Code for classified and unclassified
employees paid in accordance with schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the
Revised Code only, "probationary period" means the completion of one
hundred eighty calendar days.
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