Summary

Records date information for an employee's probation period.

Example

Probation begin date: 14/03/2009

Review occurrence type: Months

Review occurrence: 2

Probation end date: 13/09/2009

Confirmed date: 02/09/2009

In this example, a review was conducted every two months during the period of probation (14/03/2009 - 13/09/2009) and the person's employment was confirmed on 02/09/2009.

Fields

Probation begin date:

Date that the employee's probation period begins.

Review occurrence type:

Unit that the Review occurrence field relates to: Days, Weeks, Months or Years.

Review occurrence:

Numerical value indicating how often the Review occurrence type unit occurs. For example, enter 3 if a review is scheduled every three months.

Probation end date:

Date that the employee's probation period will end.

Confirmed date:

Date that the employee's appointment was confirmed.

NZ - 90-day trial period

In New Zealand, from 1 March 2009, employers who employ 19 or fewer employees can employ new employees on a trial period of up to 90 calendar days.

Note: An employer and employee can agree to a trial period only if the employer has not previously employed the employee.

You can use Employee Probations records to store details of the 90-day trial period. For example:

• Probation begin date = Date that the employee's 90-day trial period begins.
• Review occurrence type = "Days"
• Review occurrence = 90
• Probation end date = Date that the employee's 90-day trial period will end.

You also need to set the employee's Classification to "On Probation" during the trial period.