Public employment and ethics · France and Switzerland : separate country-labelled rules
Public-employment probation: assessment and decision
A public-employment probation decision needs the employer, legal status, assessment record and actual measure. French civil-service traineeship and Swiss federal probation are different frameworks. The chronology separates extension, non-confirmation and termination without importing private-sector dismissal assumptions or suggesting every procedural defect creates a right to permanent appointment. Cantonal and municipal Swiss employment require their own applicable rules.
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Which assessments and training records exist?
Collect objectives, reports, support and periods. Match the final assessment to actual records.
Read the referencesYour question concerns “Public-employment probation: assessment and decision”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?
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Which French civil-service probation applies?
Identify branch, corps and particular status. A contractor's trial period differs from statutory probation before titularisation.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagement172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essai172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which assessments and training records exist?
Collect objectives, reports, support and periods. Match the final assessment to actual records.
Which French decision is contemplated or received?
Separate end-stage refusal and dismissal during probation. L327-1 recruitment framework grants no automatic tenure.
Which records are still missing from your file?
Indicate which records you have. The result identifies gaps and prepares a complete question for Julie, without requiring an account.
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Point to complete: Notice and observations. Keep invitations, observations, opinions and receipt. A planned final day alone does not establish every deadline.
- Status and probation start
- Record available
- Reports and training
- Record available
- Decision and procedure
- Record available
- Notice and observations
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- Records indicated
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- How are procedure and service documented?
This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.
How are procedure and service documented?
Keep invitations, observations, opinions and receipt. A planned final day alone does not establish every deadline.
Which documents answer which questions?
| Record or information | Issue to check |
|---|---|
| Status and probation start | Identify branch, corps and particular status. A contractor's trial period differs from statutory probation before titularisation. |
| Reports and training | Collect objectives, reports, support and periods. Match the final assessment to actual records. |
| Decision and procedure | Separate end-stage refusal and dismissal during probation. L327-1 recruitment framework grants no automatic tenure. |
| Notice and observations | Keep invitations, observations, opinions and receipt. A planned final day alone does not establish every deadline. |
Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagement172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essai172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which French consultation applies?
R263-2/7 contain consultation lists for covered State and territorial branches. Match actual status and decision rather than importing one route everywhere.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagement172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essai172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
How does Swiss federal probation differ?
LPers 8 concerns written public-law employment; OPers 27 has ordinary three-month probation, specified extensions or agreed reduction within its scope. It is not French titularisation.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagement172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essai172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
Les personnes recrutées au sein de la fonction publique à la suite de l'une des procédures de recrutement par concours, de recrutement sans concours ou de changement de corps ou de cadres d'emplois accomplissent une période probatoire dénommée stage comprenant, le cas échéant, une période de formation lorsque le statut particulier du corps ou du cadre d'emplois le prévoit.
In plain English: R263-2/7 contain consultation lists for covered State and territorial branches. Match actual status and decision rather than importing one route everywhere.
Which observations can be supported?
Connect criticism, objectives, events and existing evidence. Separate professional insufficiency, fault and factual error.
What does the probation file deliver?
It organises status, assessments, decision and procedure. It guarantees no tenure and does not apply federal Swiss rules to cantonal staff.
What other questions arise in this file?
Which assessments and training records exist?
Collect objectives, reports, support and periods. Match the final assessment to actual records.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagement172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essai172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
How are procedure and service documented?
Keep invitations, observations, opinions and receipt. A planned final day alone does not establish every deadline.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagement172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essai172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which French consultation applies?
R263-2/7 contain consultation lists for covered State and territorial branches. Match actual status and decision rather than importing one route everywhere.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagement172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essai172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which observations can be supported?
Connect criticism, objectives, events and existing evidence. Separate professional insufficiency, fault and factual error.
Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagement172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essai172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’application172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’application
Which official references should you consult?
- Code général de la fonction publique art.L327-1Légifrance
- Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-2Légifrance
- Code général de la fonction publique art.R263-7Légifrance
- 172.220.1 : Art. 8 Création des rapports de travail et conditions d’engagementFedlex
- 172.220.111.3 : Art. 27 Période d’essaiFedlex
- 172.220.1 : Art. 2 Champ d’applicationFedlex
- 172.220.111.3 : Art. 1 Objet et champ d’applicationFedlex
Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026