KRS 18A.111: Probationary periods for classified service -- Initial and promotional --

Probation and preference provisions for appointments prior to a

gubernational inauguration.

(1) Except when appointed to a job classification with an initial probationa ry period in

excess of six (6) months, and except as provided in KRS 18A.005 and this section,

an employee shall serve a six (6) months probationary period when he or she is

initially appointed to the classified service. An employee may be separated from h is

or her position, reduced in class or rank, or replaced on the eligible list during this

initial probationary period and shall not have a right to appeal, except as provided

by KRS 18A.095. The employee may be placed on an eligible list but shall not be

certified to the agency from which he or she was separated unless that agency so

requests. Unless the appointing authority notifies the employee prior to the end of

the initial probationary period that he or she is separated, the employee shall be

deemed t o have served satisfactorily and shall acquire status in the classified

service.

(2) An employee who satisfactorily completes the initial probationary period for the

position to which he or she was initially appointed to the classified service shall be

granted status and may not be demoted, disciplined, dismissed, or otherwise

penalized, except as provided by the provisions of this chapter.

(3) An employee ordered reinstated by the board shall not be required to serve a

probationary period unless the board rules otherwise.

(4) An employee with status, who has been promoted, shall serve a promotional

probationary period of six (6) months, except for those employees granted leave in

excess of twenty (20) consecutive work days during this period. Such probation ary

periods shall be extended as prescribed in KRS 18A.005. During this period, he or

she shall retain the rights and privileges granted by the provisions of this chapter to

status employees.

(5) An employee with status may request that he or she be revert ed to a position in his

or her former class at any time during the promotional probationary period.

(6) A laid -off employee who accepts a bona fide written offer of appointment to a

position shall not be required to serve an initial probationary period. He or she shall

be an employee with status and shall have all rights and privileges granted

employees with status under the provisions of this chapter.

(7) At any time in the eighteen (18) months prior to a gubernatorial inauguration, a

person who is appoint ed to a position in the classified service and who previously

held a position that was unclassified under KRS 18A.115(1) shall:

(a) Be required to serve an initial probationary period of twenty -four (24) months

regardless of whether he or she previously ha d status in the classified service;

and

(b) Not be entitled to any preference in hiring or reemployment, notwithstanding

KRS 18A.130 and 18A.135.

(8) Notification to an employee on initial or promotional probation of the reason the

probationary employment has been terminated by the appointing authority shall not

confer a right to appeal to the board.