Alabama Code 45-18-120.09. Probationary employment
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-18-120.09
- merit employee: means any such employee who shall have completed his or her six months of probationary employment; "board" means the merit system board created by this article; "appointing authority" means in the case of employees in the offices of the elected officials of the county, such elected officials, and means, in the case of all other county employees, the county governing body, or the board or other agency supervising their work. See Alabama Code 45-18-120.01
All appointments, other than temporary appointments, shall be probationary for six months from the date of appointment. A probationary employee may be discharged by his or her appointing authority at his or her or its pleasure at any time before the expiration of six months from appointment. After he or she shall have served for six months in the position to which he or she was appointed or employed, such employee shall become a merit employee.