2005 Minnesota Statutes - 44.10 — Probationary period.

     44.10 Probationary period.  


    Subdivision 1.    Employees in classified service.  
 Except as provided in subdivision 2, every person holding a 
 position in the classified service of a municipality on the 
 effective date of the merit system ordinance and every person 
 subsequently appointed to such a position shall serve a 
 probationary period of six months.  During this period, the 
 person may be dismissed summarily without compliance with 
 section 44.08, but the dismissal shall be in writing and 
 reported to the board. 


    Subd. 2.    Police or fire department employees.  
 Subject to the completion of an existing probationary period, 
 any permanent employee of a police or fire department under the 
 jurisdiction of a police or fire civil service commission at the 
 time of the effective date of a merit system ordinance shall 
 automatically become a permanent employee in the classified 
 service subject to and protected by this chapter without the 
 service of any additional probationary period thereunder for the 
 position then occupied.  


    HIST: 1951 c 675 s 10; 1986 c 444