City of South San Francisco, CA PROBATIONARY PERIOD

All original and promotional appointments shall be tentative and subject to a probationary period of one year. The city council may, by resolution, establish a longer probationary period for specified classes. During the probationary period, quarterly reports of the probationer’s performance shall be forwarded to the personnel board.

During the probationary period, the employee may be rejected at any time providing the appointing authority, city manager or department head, where authorized by this chapter, Chapters 3.04 and 3.12 through 3.36, or the rules and regulations files in writing with the personnel board reasons for such action. The personnel board shall have the right to review the action and may render a decision, but such decision may not be binding on the appointing authority, city manager or department head unless the personnel board rules the action was the result of religious, political or racial discrimination. Any employee rejected, during the probationary period, from a position to which he has been promoted shall be reinstated to the position from which he was promoted, or to one of equal rank, unless charges are filed and he is discharged as provided in this chapter, Chapters 3.04 and 3.12 through 3.36, and the personnel rules and regulations as adopted by Chapter 3.16.

Any officer or employee in the competitive service who is promoted or transferred to a position not included in the competitive service shall be reinstated to the position from which he was promoted or transferred, or to one of equal rank, if, within one year after such promotion or transfer, he fails to qualify and for that reason or for some other reason, he is dismissed; provided, of course, that he shall not otherwise have lost his former status in the promotional service through his discharge following the filing of charges, in the manner provided for in this chapter, Chapters 3.04 and 3.12 through 3.36, and the personnel rules and regulations established hereunder.

(Ord. 449 § 10, 1960; Ord. 477 § 1, 1962)

Any person holding a position included in the competitive service who, on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter and Chapters 3.04 and 3.12 through 3.36, has served continuously in such position, or in some other position in the competitive service, for a period equal to the probationary period prescribed in the rules for his class, shall assume regular status in the competitive service in the position held on such effective date without qualifying test, and shall thereafter be subject in all respects to the provisions of this chapter, Chapters 3.04 and 3.12 through 3.36, and the personnel rules.

Any other persons holding positions in the competitive service shall be regarded as probationers who are serving out the balance of their probationary periods as prescribed in the rules before obtaining regular status. The probationary period shall be computed from the date of appointment or employment.

Employees serving in the full-time positions described below on January 1, 1974, the effective date of this subsection, shall be deemed so appointed in the competitive service as probationary employees, unless the employee fails to file an acceptance with the city manager within thirty days after the effective date, in which event the appointment shall be deemed rejected. The city manager shall confirm the employees’ status, determine applicable pay and other benefits, and make the necessary orders therefor.

All employees in division head positions or subordinate positions except: The city manager’s secretary, city manager’s assistants, police detective, motorcycle officers, police training officers, police cadets, police technician, records and communications supervisor, fire marshal and deputy city clerk.

(Ord. 449 § 11, 1960; Ord. 652 §§ 1, 2, 1973)