Probation and fixed-term contract decisions

Use the Employment decision button on an employee's HR profile to record what happens at the end of probation or of a fixed-term contract: confirm, extend, renew, convert to permanent or end employment. The decision updates the profile dates.

Recording a decision

On the employee's HR profile, click Employment decision. Choose the Decision type (Probation or Fixed-term contract) and the Decision, enter the dates and add a reason.

Probation

• Confirm (pass probation) – clears the probation end date.
• Extend probation – sets a new probation end date.
• Do not confirm (end employment) – ends employment on the date you give.

Fixed-term contract

• Renew contract – sets a new contract end date.
• Convert to permanent – switches the contract type to permanent and clears the end date.
• End contract – ends employment on the date you give.

Where a new date is needed, you enter it in Effective date – nothing changes on its own. The decision updates the profile immediately, so the probation or contract warning on the HR compliance dashboard widget disappears or moves to the new date. Every decision stays in the Decision history: who decided, when and why.