Employees newly hired into classified positions shall be probationary for a period of one hundred twenty (120) work days. If an employee serving the initial 120 work day probationary period established herein fails to work for more than four 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.
Probationary employees shall be entitled to fringe benefits immediately upon hire. Unclassified employees do not have a probationary period and accordingly are also eligible for fringe benefits upon hire.