LLA 830 Probation

LLA 830 Probation

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Probation
3. Assessing an employee’s performance during probation
4. Probation as a term of a contract of employment
5. Dismissal of an employee during probation

5.1        Procedural fairness

5.2        Substantive fairness

1. That the employee was on probation
2. That the employee’s performance was assessed fairly and found to be poor.
3. That the reason for the employee’s dismissal was her poor performance.
4. That dismissal was an appropriate sanction

5.3        Dispute resolution path

5.4        Summary of elements of an unfair dismissal of an employee on probation dispute

6. Probation as an unfair labour practice
7. Conclusion