BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Probation
- a trial period in the first months of employment when an employer checks the suitability and capability of a person in a certain role, and takes any necessary corrective action. An employee's performance during a probation period may be evaluated informally, for example, by means of conversations with a supervisor. If a probationary period is included in a contract of employment, formal documented assessment is required.
Wiktionary Definition for: Probation
- a period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance
- Ex:*You'll be on '''probation''' for first six months. After that, if you work out, they'll hire you permanently.
- a type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions
- Ex:*He got two years '''probation''' for robbery.
Additional Resources
- Reforming probation and parole in the 21st century. (New Textbooks Available From ACA). (book review)
- This comprehensive resource on probation and parole in the United States presents the past, present and future of these two vital areas of criminal justice. The first section explores the many aspects of probation and is divided into five essays. Stu This comprehensive resource on probation...
- Research articles 2001-12-01
- Auburn Removed from Probation by Accreditor
- Auburn University was removed from probation in December, a year after being placed on probation by its accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SACS, which cited a variety of concerns. Paramount among them were concerns about the role of trustees in the Alabama university's operations, in particular its...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Supervisory or Managerial Probation Period
- An employee must serve a probation period before initial assignment as either a supervisor or manager becomes final. It applies when assigned to their first supervisory or managerial position. Length of the probation period is normally one year.
- White papers 1998-11-18
- Juvenile Probation Officer
- The Juvenile Probation Officer job description template includes the following job summary: To counsel juvenile offenders and supervise their conduct during period of probation. Additional information available includes essential job functions, additional responsibilities, and education and experience requirements.
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Pike County Probation Office Standardizes on BusinessObjects XI; Business Objects Provides Accurate, Timely Data and Improves Performance for Criminal Justice Community
- SAN JOSE, Calif. & PARIS -- Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ)(Euronext Paris ISIN code:FR0004026250 -- BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence BI solutions, today announced that the Pike County, Pennsylvania Probation Office has standardized on BusinessObjectsTM XI, the industry's most advanced and complete BI platform. BusinessObjects XI and Crystal ReportsR...
- Research articles 2006-01-23
- Businessman receives probation over bad eBay sales.(NEWSWIRE)(Joseph Dudley Randall)(Brief article)
- Joseph Dudley Randall, 50, was placed on three years' probation for allegedly defrauding customers on Internet auction site eBay, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Randall, who did business as MyWatchStore, pled no contest to a pair of misdemeanor Joseph Dudley Randall, 50, was placed on three...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- State Puts Aberdeen, S.D., Training Agency on Probation.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Dec. 23--An agency that has served the developmentally disabled in Aberdeen for almost 40 years was put on probation last month, but state officials say that the Adjustment Training Center is well on its way to fixing the glitch that prompted that mo Dec. 23--An agency...
- Research articles 1999-12-27
- Calif. board places KPMG on probation
- The California state board placed KPMG on probation for one year and ordered it to pay $1.8 million in fines and costs for alleged gross negligence and unprofessional conduct that contributed to Orange County's 1994 bankruptcy filing. Margaret McBride, enThe California state board placed KPMG on probation for one year...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- MEDTOX Scientific Announces Contract with Los Angeles County Probation Department
- ST. PAUL, Minn. -- MEDTOX Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq:MTOX), announced today that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a contract between MEDTOX Scientific, Inc. and the Los Angeles County Probation Department at their meeting on July 11, 2006. MEDTOX will provide to the Probation Department its ClearCourseTM Solution, which...
- Research articles 2006-07-12
- Probation for owner of eatery
- The co-owner of the China Lily Restaurant in Sandy will be on probation for a year and perform community service after she pleaded guilty to willfully violating federal overtime regulations. Lily Lei and the restaurant also will pay more than $42,000 in back wages. Lei pleaded...
- Research articles 2004-11-17
- Love gets three years' probation in musician assault
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Legally embattled US diva Courtney Love pleaded no contest to attacking a female musician with a whiskey bottle in a jealous rage. She was sentenced to three years' probation in a Los Angeles court three months after she pleaded innocent to the April 25, 2004...
- Research articles 2005-02-10
- Paris Hilton gets probation in reckless-driving case
- Paris Hilton was placed on 36 months probation and ordered to pay fines after pleading no contest Monday to alcohol-related reckless driving, a reduction of an original charge of driving under the influence. Hilton, 25, did not appear in court in Los Angeles. The plea was entered by...
- Research articles 2007-01-23
- Paris Hilton may face jail for violating probation
- LOS ANGELES, United States AFP — The US celebrity socialite Paris Hilton may face a three-month prison sentence for violating her probation by driving with a suspended license, a court official said Thursday. Hilton, heir to the hotel empire that bears her name, was stopped in her car by...
- Research articles 2007-03-29
- Hilton ordered to appear at probation hearing
- Paris Hilton was ordered Tuesday to appear in court May 4 for allegedly violating her probation in a reckless driving case by driving with a suspended driver's license. Los Angeles prosecutors are seeking to revoke Hilton's probation on grounds that she violated its conditions, which could result in...
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- Prosecutors seek to revoke probation in car crash case.(News)
- Lake County prosecutors said Tuesday they are seeking to revoke the probation of a Wisconsin man who has failed to pay medical expenses for an FBI agent he injured in a car crash. James Felske, 31, faces up to seven years in prison if his...
- Research articles 2000-04-05
- Contractor is given probation for bribe
- A federal judge yesterday issued a sentence of probation for a Philadelphia construction contractor who cooperated with the FBI and admitted to giving a $20,000 bribe to a city real estate assessor for help in reducing tax payments and resolving other issues on four of his properties. U.S. District Judge...
- Research articles 2008-01-17
- New Jersey Probation Clients Get Help with Job Hunts.
- By Teresa M. Mcaleavy, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 20--The state's labor and judicial branches are teaming up to help people on probation land a job. The New Jersey Department of Labor has announced that it will...
- Research articles 2002-11-20
- Former HBO Executive Admits Making False Statements and Violating Probation
- WASHINGTON, May 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A former Home Box Office Inc. HBO executive admitted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that she made false statements to her probation officer and violated a court ordered home confinement portion of her probation sentence by conducting business activities outside her home,...
- Research articles 2006-05-11
- Charleston, S.C., Jewelry Store Owner Gets Probation, Fine for Tax Crime.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 16--The owner of downtown's Nice Ice Fine Jewelers has paid a $250,000 fine and was given five years probation for filing false corporate tax returns. U.S. District Judge David Norton sentenced Marilyn N. Hoffman of Charleston July 9, said Matthew...
- Research articles 1998-07-15
- Waterbury, Conn.-Based Chemical Maker Completes Punitive Probation.
- By David A. Smith, Waterbury Republican-American, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 2--WATERBURY, Conn.--Two years after agreeing to pay $4 million for violating the Clean Water Act, MacDermid Inc. said it has completed the probation that was part of its settlement with...
- Research articles 2003-12-02
