Is the duration of the official's probationary period extended if he is absent?
Verified 18 March 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Leave, other than annual leave, granted to an official on probation, may extend the duration of his probationary period. However, the conditions for extending the probationary period differ depending on whether the leave is granted remunerated or leave unpaid.
We present these conditions of extension according to your public service of origin (State - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).
EPF
When you benefit from one or more paid leave during your internship, the total duration of this paid leave is not taken into account as probationary time only for 1/10e the normal duration of your internship.
Above 1/10e, your internship is extended by that amount.
Example :
If you are required to complete a one-year internship and receive 45 days of sick leave, the duration of this leave is taken into account up to 1/10e the normal duration of your internship, i.e. 36 days and your internship is extended by 9 days (45 - 36).
Paid leave, other than annual leave, taken into account is as follows:
- Maternity leave
- Adoption leave
- 3-day leave for birth or adoption
- Paternity and childcare leave
- Sick leave
- Long-term sick leave (LSW)
- Long-term leave (CLD)
- Leave for temporary invalidity attributable to service (Citis)
All periods of paid leave are taken into account for retirement and, upon your tenure, in the calculation of services retained for advancement.
If you have a medical leave (sick leave, CLM, CLD, Citis) of a duration greater than 1/10e of the normal duration of your probationary period, your tenure shall take effect on end of probationary extension period.
Example :
If you need to complete a one-year internship on 1er june 2024 to may 31, 2025 and if your placement is extended by 9 days due to sick leave, your tenure will take effect on june 10, 2025.
If you have a parental leave (maternity or adoption leave, 3-day leave for birth or adoption, paternity leave) of more than 1/10e of the normal duration of your probationary period, your tenure shall take effect on end date of the statutory duration of your internship without taking into account the extension related to your leave.
Example :
If you need to complete a one-year internship on 1er june 2024 to may 31, 2025 and if you are on maternity leave of 112 days, your placement is extended by 76 days (112 - 36), until august 16, 2025. Your tenure order will come at the end of the statutory duration of your internship (as of August 16, 2025), but will take effect on August 1er June 2025.
If, as a result of successive leave of any kind (paid or unpaid), other than annual leave, your probationary period is interrupted for at least 3 years, you must, at the end of your last leave, start your entire internship over.
When you are granted one or more unpaid leave periods during your internship, the duration of your internship is extended by the number of days or half-days of unpaid leave granted to you.
The unpaid leave that can be granted to you is:
- Parental Leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
- Parental leave
- Caregiver leave
- Leave to care for your spouse or partner Civil partnerships: titleContent, to a child or ascendant following a serious accident or serious illness
- Leave to raise a child under 8 years of age
- Leave to care for a dependent child or your Civil partnership or partner or ascendant with a disability that requires the presence of a third party
- Leave to follow your spouse or Civil partnership partner who is forced to move for work reasons
- Leave for personal reasons
- Leave to complete a cycle in preparation for a competition for access to public or military employment or to complete a probationary period or a period of schooling prior to appointment to public or military employment
- Unpaid sick leave
If, as a result of successive leave of any kind (unpaid or paid), other than annual leave, your probationary period is interrupted for at least 3 years, you must, at the end of your last leave, start your entire internship over.
If you have a parental leave during your internship, this period of parental leave is taken into account, when you become a permanent employee, for half of its duration, in the calculation of the services retained for theadvancement and your ranking.
If you have a parental leave, a leave of absence of caregiver or leave of absence family solidarity, that period of leave shall be in full consideration, when you become a permanent employee, in the calculation of the services selected for your classification and advancement.
FPT
When you benefit from one or more paid leave during your internship, the total duration of this paid leave is not taken into account as probationary time only for 1/10e the normal duration of your internship.
Above 1/10e, your internship is extended by that amount.
Example :
If you are required to complete a one-year internship and receive 45 days of sick leave, the duration of this leave is taken into account up to 1/10e the normal duration of your internship, i.e. 36 days and your internship is extended by 9 days (45 - 36).
Paid leave, other than annual leave, taken into account is as follows:
- Maternity leave
- Adoption leave
- 3-day leave for birth or adoption
- Paternity and childcare leave
- Sick leave
- Long-term sick leave (LSW)
- Long-term leave (CLD)
- Leave for temporary invalidity attributable to service (Citis)
All periods of paid leave are taken into account for retirement and, upon your tenure, in the calculation of services retained for advancement.
If you have a medical leave (sick leave, CLM, CLD, Citis) of a duration greater than 1/10e of the normal duration of your probationary period, your tenure shall take effect on end of probationary extension period.
Example :
If you need to complete a one-year internship on 1er june 2024 to may 31, 2025 and if your placement is extended by 9 days due to sick leave, your tenure will take effect on june 10, 2025.
If you have a parental leave (maternity or adoption leave, 3-day leave for birth or adoption, paternity leave) of more than 1/10e of the normal duration of your probationary period, your tenure shall take effect on end date of the statutory duration of your internship without taking into account the extension related to your leave.
Example :
If you need to complete a one-year internship on 1er june 2024 to may 31, 2025 and if you are on maternity leave of 112 days, your placement is extended by 76 days (112 - 36), until august 16, 2025. Your tenure order will come at the end of the statutory duration of your internship (as of August 16, 2025), but will take effect on August 1er June 2025.
If, as a result of successive leave of any kind (paid or unpaid), other than annual leave, your probationary period is interrupted for more than a year, your employer community may ask you, at the end of your last leave, to start your entire internship over if you have accomplished less than half of the normal probationary period before the interruption.
Periods of probationary service completed before and after the interruption of duties due to such leave shall be taken into account for advancement and retirement.
When you are granted one or more unpaid leave periods during your internship, the duration of your internship is extended by the number of days or half-days of unpaid leave granted to you.
The unpaid leave that can be granted to you is:
- Parental Leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
- Parental leave
- Caregiver leave
- Leave to care for your spouse, child or partner ascendant following an accident or serious illness
- Leave to raise a child under 8 years of age
- Leave to care for a dependent with a disability requiring the presence of a third person
- Leave for personal reasons
- Unpaid sick leave
If, as a result of successive leave of any kind (paid or unpaid), other than annual leave, your probationary period is interrupted for more than a year, your employer community may ask you, at the end of your last leave, to start your entire internship over if you have accomplished less than half of the normal probationary period before the interruption.
Periods of probationary service completed before and after the interruption of duties due to such leave shall be taken into account for advancement and retirement.
If you have a parental leave during your internship, this period of parental leave is taken into account, when you become a permanent employee, for half of its duration, in the calculation of the services retained for theadvancement and your ranking.
If you have a parental leave, a leave of absence of caregiver or leave of absence family solidarity, that period of leave shall be in full consideration, when you become a permanent employee, in the calculation of the services selected for your classification and advancement.
FPH
When you benefit from one or more paid leave during your internship, the total duration of this paid leave is not taken into account as probationary time only for 1/10e the normal duration of your internship.
Above 1/10e, your internship is extended by that amount.
Example :
If you are required to complete a one-year internship and receive 45 days of sick leave, the duration of this leave is taken into account up to 1/10e the normal duration of your internship, i.e. 36 days and your internship is extended by 9 days (45 - 36).
Paid leave, other than annual leave, taken into account is as follows:
- Maternity leave
- Adoption leave
- 3-day leave for birth or adoption
- Paternity and childcare leave
- Sick leave
- Long-term sick leave (LSW)
- Long-term leave (CLD)
- Leave for temporary invalidity attributable to service (Citis)
All periods of paid leave are taken into account for retirement and, upon your tenure, in the calculation of services retained for advancement.
If you have a medical leave (sick leave, CLM, CLD, Citis) of a duration greater than 1/10e of the normal duration of your probationary period, your tenure shall take effect on end of probationary extension period.
Example :
If you need to complete a one-year internship on 1er june 2024 to may 31, 2025 and if your placement is extended by 9 days due to sick leave, your tenure will take effect on june 10, 2025.
If you have a parental leave (maternity or adoption leave, 3-day leave for birth or adoption, paternity leave) of more than 1/10e of the normal duration of your probationary period, your tenure shall take effect on end date of the statutory duration of your internship without taking into account the extension related to your leave.
Example :
If you need to complete a one-year internship on 1er june 2024 to may 31, 2025 and if you are on maternity leave of 112 days, your placement is extended by 76 days (112 - 36), until august 16, 2025. Your tenure order will come at the end of the statutory duration of your internship (as of August 16, 2025), but will take effect on August 1er June 2025.
If, as a result of successive leave of any kind (paid or unpaid), other than annual leave, your probationary period is interrupted for at least 3 years, you must, at the end of your last leave, start your entire internship over.
When you are granted one or more unpaid leave periods during your internship, the duration of your internship is extended by the number of days or half-days of unpaid leave granted to you.
The unpaid leave that can be granted to you is:
- Parental Leave
- Family Solidarity Leave
- Parental leave
- Caregiver leave
- Leave to care for your spouse or partner Civil partnerships: titleContent, to a child or ascendant following an accident or serious illness
- Leave to raise a child under 8 years of age
- Leave to care for a dependent child or your Civil partnership or partner or ascendant with a disability that requires the presence of a third party
- Leave to follow your spouse or Civil partnership partner who is forced to move for work reasons
- Leave to complete a cycle in preparation for a competition for access to a public post or to hold a public post to which he is admitted by competition
- Unpaid sick leave
If, as a result of successive leave of any kind (unpaid or paid), other than annual leave, your probationary period is interrupted for at least 3 years, you must, at the end of your last leave, start your entire internship over.
If you have a parental leave during your internship, this period of parental leave is taken into account, when you become a permanent employee, for half of its duration, in the calculation of the services retained for theadvancement and your ranking.
If you have a parental leave, a leave of absence of caregiver or leave of absence family solidarity, that period of leave shall be in full consideration, when you become a permanent employee, in the calculation of the services selected for your classification and advancement.
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