(a) Newly hired employees shall have no seniority during their probationary period, but upon completion of the probationary period their seniority date shall be the date of hire. Newly hired employees, shall be probationary employees for a period of one hundred twenty (120) work days. The one hundred twenty (120) work day probationary period may be extended in thirty (30) day increments, with appropriate notice to the employee. A newly hired probationary employee in Salary Groups 1-15 shall receive fringe benefits immediately upon hire. Unclassified employees in groups 1-15 do not serve a probationary period and shall also be entitled to fringe benefits immediately upon hire.
(b) The seniority date of a City employee shall be the date of the employee's appointment as a permanent or provisional employee. If the employee was originally hired as a temporary employee and worked continuously full time and was subsequently made a permanent or provisional employee in any classification without a break in service, then upon the employee's successful completion of the probationary period in the permanent or provisional position, the employee's seniority date shall be the date of original appointment to the temporary appointment.
(c) All full-time continuous service as a temporary shall be counted for the purpose of determining the employee's entitlement to fringe benefits. If the employee had worked as a temporary continuously full time for one hundred and twenty (120) work days, then the employee shall be eligible for fringe benefits immediately upon appointment as a permanent or provisional employee.
(d) If an employee serving the initial one hundred and twenty (120) work day probationary period established herein fails to work for more than four (4) days during this initial probationary period, then the employee's probationary period shall be extended by the additional number of work days the employee did not work in excess of four (4).
(Ord. 599-23. Passed 11-21-23.)