Canadian Blood Services (Transport Unit) Collective Agreement 2017-2021

Article 11: Probationary Period

1.  New Employees shall serve a probationary period of six hundred hours (600) worked, provided that each full day of absence from work for any reason will extend the probationary period by seven and one half (7 1/2) hours.  If a new Employee is unsatisfactory in the opinion of the Employer, such Employee may be terminated at any time during the probationary period without notice and without recourse to the grievance procedure.  This probationary period may be extended by up to a maximum of four hundred and fifty (450) hours worked, by mutual agreement between the Employer and the Union if required for competency certification.