(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 hired in supervisory, technical, and professional classifications shall be probationary employees for a period of one thousand two hundred (1200) actual work hours. A newly hired probationary employee shall not receive any fringe benefits during the first one hundred sixty (160) actual work hours of the probationary period.
(b) Employees promoted to or within positions in the Local 2058 Bargaining Unit shall be probationary for a period of three hundred sixty (360) actual work hours. They shall be eligible for fringe benefits throughout their probationary period.
(c) Employees who transfer or take voluntary demotions shall be probationary for a period of three hundred sixty (360) actual work hours.
(d) The seniority date of a City employee shall be the date of the employee's appointment as a permanent or provisional employee.
(e) During the probationary period, a written weekly evaluation will take place and be discussed with the employee. A standard form is to be designed by the City and the Union and used by all City employees.