If a preferential candidate is rehired by a department after being laid off, does the employee have to serve a probationary period?
With the exception of employees represented by CNA, the Building Trades, FUPOA and the AFT (Librarians, and Non-Senate Lecturers), employees who are preferentially rehired from layoff status serve a six month ‘trial’ period of employment. An employee who fails to perform satisfactorily may, at any time during this six (6) month ‘trial’ period, be returned to layoff status with restoration of full preferential rehire status. In addition, except for HX employees, an employee, at his or her option, may request to be returned to layoff status within 60 calendar days of rehire. The time on job status is not counted against the preferential rehire eligibility time.
Related Questions
- If an employee is terminated and the rehired, either immediately (usually for pension requirements) in the same or following pay period how would this be managed in CRS?
- If a preferential candidate is being rehired into a lower classification than what he/she was laid off from, does the employee have a right to refuse the position?
- What happens to an employee’s probationary status when they get reclassified to a different class? Does the employee have to serve a new probationary period?
