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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="11-304" title_number="11" title_name="Disciplinary Actions, Layoffs, and Employment Terminations in State Personnel Management System" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Employment Separations and Terminations">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies to employees on probation following a promotion or reinstatement to a position in the skilled service or professional service.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to probationary employees in the management service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If, in the appointing authority's judgment, a probationary employee subject to this section is unable or unwilling to satisfactorily perform the duties or responsibilities of the position, the appointing authority shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>return the employee to the employee's former position if it is vacant; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>demote the employee to a position comparable to the employee’s position within the appointing authority's jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A probationary employee may appeal a demotion under this section as a disciplinary action.</text>
  </level>
</section>
