Every appointment and promotion to a position in the competitive or labor class shall be for a probationary period of one year unless otherwise set forth. A nonpermanent or a provisional employee leaves city service for more than 31 days;.Collective bargaining agreements modify that relationship, contractually, in the union context. The first year of service of an employee who is given a career or career-conditional appointment under this part is a probationary period. Permanent employees whose names appear on such list and who successfully conlplete their probationary period in the eligible title from which promotion is. This pamphlet does not address all applicable employment laws or all employment situations, and is not meant to provide legal advice. Probationary period in the permanent title. In NYS, probation (and 'evaluation period') is legally only applicable to union or civil service employees. A new hire probationary period is a predetermined timeframe that starts on the employee's date of hire and concludes at the end of the period.