Ohio Administrative Code › Title 123:1 - Division of Human Resources › Chapter 123:1-19 - Probation › Section 123:1-19-02 - Length of probation in state service

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The initial probationary period for all
			 classified employees in the state agencies, boards, and commissions hired on or
			 after September 20, 2015 shall be three hundred sixty-five calendar days for
			 all positions assigned to a pay range in schedule E-1 of division (A) of
			 section 124.152 of the Revised Code. The
			 probationary period for all classified employees in the state agencies, boards,
			 and commissions promoted on or after September 20, 2015 shall be one hundred
			 eighty calendar days for all positions assigned to a pay range in schedule E-1
			 of division (A) of section
			 124.152 of the Revised Code.
			 Classified employees of the state agencies. boards, and commissions hired or
			 promoted before September 20, 2015 into positions assigned to a pay range in
			 schedule E-1 of division (A) of section
			 124.152 of the Revised Code
			 shall serve the probationary period for the position that existed at the time
			 the employee was hired or promoted into the position.
(B) Any positions not assigned to a
			 classification salary base shall use the starting point for the position in
			 lieu thereof for probationary period determination.
(C) Longer probationary periods for
			 promotions, not in excess of three hundred sixty-five calendar days, may be
			 authorized by the director for specific job classifications, upon request of
			 the appointing authorities concerned, and upon the submission of proper
			 documentation as required by the director.
(D) Time spent in no-pay status shall not be
			 counted as part of the probationary period. Probationary periods shall be
			 extended by an equal number of calendar days the employee spent in no-pay
			 status.
(E) An appointing
			 authority may, with the consent of the employee and approval of the director,
			 extend an employee's promotional probationary period for up to sixty calendar
			 days to allow additional time to review the employee's performance. A second
			 extension, not to exceed sixty calendar days, may be requested by the
			 appointing authority with the consent of the employee and the approval of the
			 director to allow additional time to review the employee's performance. Any
			 probationary period extension shall only be granted if an employee consents to
			 the extension prior to the end of the employee's normal probationary period or
			 the end of the first extension, as applicable. In no event shall the time
			 period covered by the probationary period and any extensions exceed a total of
			 three hundred sixty-five calendar days in length.
(F) For purposes of step increases pursuant
			 to section 124.15 of the Revised Code for
			 classified and unclassified employees paid in accordance with schedule E-1 of
			 section 124.152 of the Revised Code
			 only, "probationary period" means the completion of one hundred eighty calendar
			 days.
Effective: 4/23/2020
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 5/15/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 124.09
Rule
				Amplifies: 124.27
Prior
				Effective Dates: 01/01/1987, 02/04/1996, 02/13/2000, 07/01/2007, 04/07/2013,
				09/20/2015