Author(s): Farouq Saber Al-Shibli, Jehad Dhifallah Al-Jazi
The public administration has a duty to ensure that the public service is provided to people in the best way without interruption which requires the public employees to be effective and capable of carrying out their duties. However, the employee who is appointed for the first time must undergo a period of probation, in order to enable the administration to evaluate his ability to perform his tasks and the speed of his adaptation to the requirements of the job in which he was assigned to, or whether he needs to be dismissed before the expiry of the probation period. The probation period in the Jordanian Civil Service Regulation raises many issues regarding the legal guarantees for the public employee as the public administration has an absolute authority which can be abused in the decisions of termination especially there is no judicial control over such decisions. This paper therefore will examine the legislative issues of probation period for the public employee, and provide some legal recommendation in this regard.