Someone else called this thread to my attention. I'm hesitant to post any reply or
info since it's late and off-topic. But I think it's important to provide corrective
information..... This is the only post I will make about the matter.
The operative language in the APA contract regarding job transfers / trial periods
is in paragraph 55 which now starts out:
"An employee who changes
position within the Bargaining Unit shall serve
up to a six (6) month trial period."
I've italicized the words that as I recall were changed or added. As I recall
"position" used to be "classification" --
Rather than elaborate on the matter further myself, below is a reprint of
the tentative agreement summary item that addressed this change:
- Trial Period change. During our discussions, the University brought up a concern that some of our membership?s opportunity to move to new jobs was being constrained by the way our Trial Period language was working. With the old language, a member who posted for a job with the same classification and title as their current position (IE: an Administrative Assistant II posting for another such position in an altogether different College) would theoretically move to the new position and have NO Trial Period at all. As a result, departments have tended to pass over such candidates, because they were reluctant to hire a new person without appropriate recourse should it be a poor fit. In fact, the trial period language is designed so that either the department or the employee can decide that it is not a good fit and end the trial period.
Once we understood the problem and concerns and the way the old language was constraining opportunity, the parties agreed to change the Trial Period language so that any employee who changes positions (rather than changing classification) within the Bargaining Unit will serve ?up to? a six month trial period. We also clarified the language to make it clear that a shorter trial period may be applied.