Bill would require 2-year probationary period

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Bill would require 2-year probationary period

If you get promoted or transferred, no matter how great you\'re doing on the new job and how you\'ve done at your old one, you may be up against a two-year prob...

Federal News Network Staff

April 15, 2011 4:55 pm

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If you get promoted or transferred, no matter how great you’re doing on the new job and how you’ve done at your old one, you may be up against a two-year probationary period.

The proposed bill – H.R. 1470– would make the probationary period for new hires two years, too.

“This is nothing more than part of a larger ongoing assault against federal employees,” said NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley in a statement. “There is no compelling basis for either of these bills and it is an insult to federal employees to try and fast-track them without an airing of the issues through hearings.”

Tim McManus is the Vice President for Education and Outreach at the Partnership for Public Service.