1.3 Employee Probation
A. Types of Probation.
1.Initial Appointment Probation: An employee new to the County or an employee who has had a break in service, shall serve an Initial Probationary Period when appointed to a classified position. An employee serving an Initial Probationary Period is considered an “at will” employee and may be terminated with or without cause and does not have the right to appeal to the Mohave County Personnel Commission. A classified employee that resigns from or is terminated from employment during the Initial Probationary Period shall not be compensated for any accrued PTO leave, except that, due to extended training requirements, employee(s) working as law enforcement, 911 operators, park rangers and detention officers who resign or are terminated from employment after the first 180 days of employment shall be compensated for any accrued PTO leave.
2.Reappointment, Promotional, Transferring Probation: A classified employee reappointed, promoted, or transferred into a new position, shall serve a Probationary Period. An employee serving a Reappointment, Promotional, or Transfer Probationary Period is considered an “at will” employee and may be terminated with or without cause and does not have the right to appeal to the Mohave County Personnel Commission. An employee who fails the Probationary Period may be reinstated to the original position if the position is vacant and with approval of the Department Head. A reappointed, promoted, or transferred employee who resigns or is terminated from employment during the probationary period shall be compensated for any eligible accrued PTO leave.
1.31 Duration of Probationary Periods
A.Initial, Reappointment, Promotional, and Transferring Probation for classified employees, other than employees working as law enforcement, 911 operators, park rangers, and detention officers, shall be for a period of six (6) months.
B. Initial, Reappointment, Promotional, and Transferring Probation for classified employees working as law enforcement, 911 operators, park rangers, and detention officers shall be for a period of twelve (12) months.
C. Additional Probationary Periods for law enforcement, 911 operators, park rangers and detention officers relating to promotion, demotion, reappointment and transfer within a classification series within the same department shall be for a period of six (6) months.
D.The Department Head may extend a probationary period for an additional six (6) months beyond the periods specified herein if the employee does not meet standard performance expectations, exhibits unsatisfactory progress or for noncompliance by the employee with these Policies. In no case may an individual probationary period be extended for longer than six (6) months.
1.32 Additional Provisions
A.An employee who completed an initial probation but was subsequently terminated by the County because of budget cuts, and who returns to County employment, is not required to complete an Initial Probationary Period.
B. Employees working in the Initial Probationary Period who are allowed to transfer, promote, demote, or reappoint shall begin a new Initial Probationary Period beginning the date of change to the new position, but shall retain the original date of hire as their anniversary date upon successful completion. Employees meeting these criteria shall remain in an at-will status until the completion of their probationary period.