Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 22 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part I - Corrections › Chapter 7 - Youth Services › Subchapter A - Administration › Section I-707 - Probationary Period

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Purpose.
				  This rule will supplement the Employee Manual regarding probationary
				  appointments and the attainment of permanent status and increase the
				  probationary period to 12 months.
B. Applicability. The undersecretary or
				  designee, unit heads, Youth Services (YS) Central Office's Human Resources
				  Manager, Unit Human Resources staff, all newly hired classified employees and
				  their supervisors. Unit heads shall ensure compliance with this
				  policy.
C. Policy. It is the deputy
				  secretary's policy that probationary periods for YS employees will be for a
				  period of 12 months. If an employee performs assigned duties in a satisfactory
				  manner during the 12-month period, the employee will attain permanent status.
				  If the employee does not perform assigned duties satisfactorily, the employee
				  will be separated from employment.
D. Definitions
Agency Preferred Re-Employment List-
a
					 list of names of permanent employees who were laid off or demoted in lieu of a
					 layoff.
Appointing Authority
-Deputy Secretary of
					 YS.
Classified Employee
-an employee who is
					 hired under the Civil Service system on a probational appointment and attains
					 permanent status.
ISIS
-Integrated Statewide Information
					 Systems.
Permanent Appointment
-the appointment of
					 a probationary employee after certification by the appointing authority or
					 designee, signifying that the employee has met the required standard of work
					 during the probationary period.
Probational Appointment
-an essential part
					 of the examination process; used for the most effective adjustment of a new
					 employee and for the elimination of any probationary employee whose performance
					 does not meet required work standards. Employees who are required to serve
					 probationary periods are those appointed to the following: permanent positions
					 following certification from an open competitive employment list; original
					 appointments to permanent positions in non-competitive classes; non-competitive
					 re-employments based on prior service, except those hired from the agency's
					 preferred re-employment list in a position which was filled with a probational
					 appointment; and those employees who have an interruption of a probationary
					 period for military purposes.
Unit Head
-facility directors, probation
					 and parole program director, and the deputy secretary or designee for YS
					 Central Office.
YS Central Office
-offices of the deputy
					 secretary, undersecretary or designee of the Office of Management and Finance,
					 assistant secretaries and their support staff.
E. General. The appointing authority may
				  separate a probationary employee at any time under Civil Service Rule No.
				  9.1(e).
F. Probational Appointments
1. All newly hired employees appointed on
				  probational appointments shall serve a 12-month probationary period as a test
				  period of satisfactory work performance as outlined in their job descriptions
				  and determined by their supervisors.
2. A probationary employee who is absent for
				  military training or active duty in excess of 30 consecutive calendar days
				  shall return to work in the probationary status at the point reached in the
				  probationary period before leaving. Absences of 30 consecutive calendar days or
				  less shall be counted as part of the probationary period.
3. A former employee who is on the agency
				  preferred re-employment list and is re-employed in a position that must be
				  filled with a probational appointment must serve a 12-month probationary
				  period.
4. An employee who is
				  permanently transferred, reassigned, or demoted to another position shall be
				  eligible for permanent status in the new position after completing the
				  probationary period that began prior to the change in position(s).
5. The probationary period of a part-time
				  employee is computed on the same calendar basis as though employed
				  full-time.
6. While on probationary
				  status, an employee earns and can use annual, sick, and compensatory leave. The
				  employee also gets paid for holidays and is eligible for health care and
				  retirement benefits.