Section 31IAC5-3-1. Working test

   (a) The working test period shall be:

(1) regarded as an integral part of the selection process for the state classified service; and

(2) utilized for:

(A) closely observing the employee's work;

(B) securing the most effective adjustment of a new employee to his or her position; and

(C) rejecting any employee who, in the opinion of the appointing authority, is unable or unwilling to perform satisfactorily or whose habits or dependability do not merit continuance in the state classified service.

  (b) All appointments and promotions in the state classified service, other than temporary and intermittent, shall be subject to a working test period. The length of such working test period shall be a minimum of six (6) months.

  (c) During the working test period, the appointing authority should complete at least one (1) full performance appraisal of the employee's work.

  (d) Prior to the end of the working test period, the appointing authority should complete a performance appraisal, with the signature of the employee:

(1) recommending permanent status;

(2) indicating separation of the employee; or

(3) recommending a working test extension.

Specific reasons for such extension request must be specified.

  (e) A person in the state classified service shall be deemed to have permanent status if the:

(1) appointing authority has submitted a written recommendation to the director that such person be granted permanent status; or

(2) person has been continued in a position for longer than one (1) year.

  (f) Whenever positions are made subject to the classified service, persons in those same or similar positions six (6) months or more shall be deemed to have successfully completed the working test period.

  (g) The requirements of a working test period shall be waived in the case of recall from layoff. (State Personnel Department; 31 IAC 5-3-1; filed May 10, 2012, 2:32 p.m.: 20120606-IR-031110446FRA)