. >> supervisor: thank you, director kalhan, let's take it by each presenter. since you're here i have questions for you. what i have overall is i want to understand what is your probationary release? >> the probation is part of the selection process. a person gets the job and they're on probation for a period of time. >> supervisor: as a point of clarification, i don't know the answer. you're talking about probation. i'm talking about probationary release. >> yes, i was describing the situation. i understand, thank you. so what triggers a release would typically be a supervisor reporting to their manager or h.r. department the individual on probation is not achieving the standard of performance that's required. it could be a conduct issue, for example, attendance or violence in the workplace in which case a violence incident may be one case or a situation where there's a person is expected by a certain number of months to be at a several level of performance and they're not able to do it. that's their assessment. probation releases are not appealable except if