Rhode Island General Laws 36-4-28. Probationary period
All original appointments and promotional appointments to the classified service shall be for a probationary period of six (6) months, during which time the appointment authority shall report to the personnel administrator every sixty (60) days concerning the work of the employee and at the expiration of the probationary period unless the appointing authority files with the personnel administrator a statement in writing that the services of the employee during the probationary period have not been satisfactory and that it is not desired that he or she be continued in the service, he or she shall receive permanent status in this classification. Any employee may be dismissed by the appointing authority during the probationary period for reasons relating to the employee’s qualifications or for the good of the service stated by the appointing authority in writing and filed with the personnel administrator. The probationary period is further defined to be one hundred and thirty (130) days worked in the classified position to which the person has been appointed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 12; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-28; P.L. 1961, ch. 29, § 2; P.L. 1970, ch. 211, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 365, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 36-4-28
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6