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Probation periods are periods of time, usually lasting several months, during which an employee is given a chance to prove his or her worth to the employer. During the probation period, the employee is evaluated and observed to see if they are capable of performing the job duties satisfactorily. If the employee meets the expectations of the employer, they will typically be given a permanent position or their contract will be extended.

Objective of Employee Probation Policy

The primary objective of an employee probation period policy is to ensure that new employees are given the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to effectively fulfill the duties of the job they have been hired for. Additionally, it provides a period of time for employers to assess the performance, behaviour, safety, and job-related skills of the employee. The probationary period provides employers with a way to evaluate an employee’s fit with the company and to decide whether they should be kept on or let go.

Guidelines for Employee Probation Policy

1. Define expectations

 A probation policy should clearly define the expectations of an employer from the employee during the probation period. This may include; adherence to the company’s policies and procedures, performance, standards, attendance, attitude, and other guidelines. 

 2. Length of probation

 The probationary period should be clearly stated and agreed upon by both the employer and the employee. In general, probationary periods are usually three to six months but can be extended if necessary. 

3. Training and support

 Employees should be provided with adequate training and development during their probation period. This may include; mentoring, coaching, and additional courses or seminars that are beneficial to their job.

 4. Performance reviews

 Performance reviews should be conducted on a regular basis during the probation period, to ensure that the employee is meeting the expectations of their role. 

5. Documentation

During the probation period, employers should document any conversations, warnings, or disciplinary action taken against the employee. This will provide evidence if the employee is terminated for cause. 

6. Termination for cause

Employee Termination refers to dismissing or firing an employee from an organization. There are many reasons why an employee is terminated. The termination can either be voluntary, when an employee leaves the organization of his own will, or involuntary, when an employer dismisses the employee.

Voluntary Termination

Voluntary termination means an employee terminates their employment with a company. This might involve personal reasons on behalf of an employee, such as getting a new and better job, resigning from a field, or starting up a venture. This might also be due to professional reasons resulting from constructive dismissal. Constructive dismissal is when an employee is dissatisfied with their workplace. For example, they may face harassment, low wages, long work hours, long commutes, etc.

Reasons behind Voluntary Termination

Relocation

New Job

Termination

Change of Career

Educational Opportunity

Involuntary Termination

Involuntary termination is when an employee is made to leave an organization against their own free will. For example, a company may opt for involuntary termination during layoffs, firing employees, downsizing, etc.

Reasons behind Involuntary Termination

Layoffs

Employee behavior

Violation of company rules

The workplace administrators should have a tool or system which when implemented should help avert overpayment cases. Overpayment may occur due to duplicated transactions, ill-timed processing of unpaid leaves of absence, late terminations or job contracts not ended on time, administrative errors, work schedule hours not completed correctly, time reporting errors among other reasons. A proper anti-overpayment tool will help save the business a lot of money which in turn can be reinvested into the firm. The following are practices guides which will help build the best overpayment prevention tool or system.

Supervision

You should ensure that the workers have accrued enough leave days and that they are available to them before processing any request for a leave of absence. You should be able to access employees’ accrual balances. The employees’ time records should be reviewed on time so that their leave time taken is recorded excellently.

If an employee is almost exhausting their leave accruals, the HR department should be promptly notified so that they correctly process the leave of absence in the payroll system. Also if an employee terminates their contract, or if they are unexpectedly terminated, the HR representatives should be notified as soon as possible. This is to process the termination in the HR database system.

Employees

There should be a timely and adequate record of employees’ schedules and their time records. This will be handy for future references. You should also allocate enough accruals so that there are sufficient leave accruals for employees before they request for a leave of absence.

Terminations

Terminations should be processed promptly, if possible, they should be processed before or on the date of termination. If a worker is unexpectedly terminated, the HR representative should be informed so that they handle the situation correctly. This also applies when the worker terminates between monthly payroll cutoff date and the first of the following month.

 Unpaid or under timed leaves of absence

In a situation where a worker is on an unpaid leave of absence, and it is unknown if the worker will report before the end month, the unpaid leave should be extended to a specified date the following month.

If an employee returns to work before their scheduled leave is over, then the HR representatives will be informed, and they will review their policies to come up with appropriate pay for the worker.

Train the HR representatives

The human resource department since they hand all the payroll duties should be adequately prepared for their role in the workplace. This means that the HR representatives should be adequately trained in their line of work, thus preventing overpayments before they occur. This will help prevent overpayment due to administrative errors.

When a well-develop plan for preventing overpayment is implemented, the business will run smoothly and avoid unnecessary lawsuits. The plan should include a robust front-end process of obtaining employee time record, training of HR representatives, and policies and ways forward to correct an overpayment.

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