S.L. 363.20 Art. 27Probation.

The appointment of new employees in the service of the

Council, including that of the Executive Secretaries, shall be subject to a term of probation as follows:

(a) persons employed as Executive Secretaries for the first time shall be subject to a term of probation of one year and shall be placed on the second notch below the maximum of the respective scale. The Executive Secretary whose contract is renewed by the same Council shall not be subject to any other probation;

(b) an Executive Secretary, whose contract with the Council has terminated or been terminated, enters into a new contract with a different Council, shall be subject to probation for a period of one year and shall be paid the maximum of the relative salary scale;

(c) every Council clerical employee shall be subject to a term of probation of six months when signing the first contract. A clerical employee whose contract has been renewed with the same Council shall not be subject to another term of probation: Provided that if an employee is offered a contract with the same Council in a higher scale, he shall then be subject to a term of probation of three months and shall be paid two notches below the maximum of the new scale: Provided also that if an employee signs a contract with a different Council he shall be subject to a term of probation of six months. During the term of probation, if he is employed in the same salary scale he was receiving or one less with the preceding Local Council, he shall be paid the respective salary: Provided further, if the employee shall be engaged in a higher scale than that he was occupying, he shall receive the minimum of the new scale.