Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Administration-Division of Personnel Management; Merit Recruitment
Chapter ER-MRS 30 - Career Executive Employment
Section ER-MRS 30.06 - Career executive trial period

(1) Upon initial appointment to the career executive program, a career executive employee, prior to attaining permanent status, shall serve a 2 year continuous service trial period. If an employee transfers to a different agency while serving a trial period, the trial period shall be restarted at the receiving agency. Upon successful completion of the trial period, a career executive employee attains permanent status as a career executive. Termination during a trial period will be in accordance with s. ER-MRS 30.11. Except as provided in s. ER-MRS 30.11, career executive employees shall be required to complete only one trial period regardless of subsequent movement to other career executive positions, including movement between agencies.

(3) An employee who has completed a trial period, upon transfer to a new agency, may be required by the appointing authority at the receiving agency to serve a permissive probation of up to 12 continuous months. At any time, during the permissive probationary period, the receiving agency may remove the employee from the career executive position without right of appeal. Any other removal or discharge during the probationary period shall be subject to s. 230.34, Stats. Termination of the permissive probationary period shall be in accordance with ch. ER-MRS 13.