Managing Probation: A Practical Guide for Small Employers

What the resource helps with

This guide helps you manage probation as an active process from an employee’s first day through to the final decision. It helps you set clear expectations, give timely feedback, address concerns fairly and decide whether probation should be completed, extended or not successfully completed.

What's included

A practical guide covering expectations, regular reviews and feedback, performance and conduct concerns, training and support, record keeping, probation outcomes, absence during probation and links between probation, recruitment and onboarding.

When to Use the Resource

Use when managing a new employee through probation, particularly when preparing reviews, addressing concerns or deciding the appropriate outcome before the probation period ends.