18A.111 Probationary periods for classified service -- Initial and promotional.
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(1)Except when appointed to a job classification with an initial probationary period in
excess of six
(6)months, and except as provided in KRS 18A.005 and this section,
an employee shall serve a six
(6)months probationary period when he is initially
appointed to the classified service. An employee may be separated from his
position, reduced in class or rank, or replaced on the eligible list during this initial
probationary period and shall not have a right to appeal, except as provided by KRS
18A.095. The employee may be placed on an eligible list but shall not be certified
to the agency from which he was separated unless that agency so requests. Unless
the appointing authority notifies the employee prior to the end of the initial
probationary period that he is separated, the employee shall be deemed to have
served satisfactorily and shall acquire status in the classified service.
(2)An employee who satisfactorily completes the initial probationary period for the
position to which he was initially appointed to the classified service shall be granted
status and may not be demoted, disciplined, dismissed, or otherwise penalized,
except as provided by the provisions of this chapter.
(3)An employee ordered reinstated by the board shall not be required to serve a
probationary period unless the board rules otherwise.
(4)An employee with status, who has been promoted, shall serve a promotional
probationary period of six
(6)months, except for those employees granted leave in
excess of twenty
(20)consecutive work days during this period. Such probationary
periods shall be extended as prescribed in KRS 18A.005. During this period, he
shall retain the rights and privileges granted by the provisions of this chapter to
status employees.
(5)An employee with status may request that he be reverted to a position in his former
class at any time during the promotional probationary period.
(6)A laid-off employee who accepts a bona fide written offer of appointment to a
position shall not be required to serve an initial probationary period. He shall be an
employee with status and shall have all rights and privileges granted employees
with status under the provisions of this chapter.
(7)A former unclassified employee under KRS 18A.115(1)(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), or
shall serve an initial probationary period of twelve
(12)months if the employee is
appointed to a position in the classified service, unless that employee had
previously had status in the classified service or had been separated from his or her
previous unclassified position for at least one hundred eighty
(180)days prior to the
effective date of his or her appointment to the classified service.
(8)Notification to an employee on initial or promotional probation of the reason the
probationary employment has been terminated by the appointing authority shall not
confer a right to appeal to the board.