Section 97.34. Service in same level position

(a) A probationary employee who has been reassigned to another position in the same or a similar class in the same appointing authority, shall be credited with time served in the previous position toward the completion of the probationary period required for the present position. The probationary employee shall meet the established requirements for the new class.

(b) When a regular status employee has been returned from furlough or has demoted voluntarily to a lower class and is subsequently promoted to the class previously held, the appointing authority may waive all or part of the probationary period for the higher class.

The provisions of this § 97.34 adopted October 18, 1961; amended October 15, 1964 and April 16, 1970; amended March 29, 1985, effective March 30, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 1151; amended November 15, 1991, effective November 16, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 5334. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (96770).