A probationary period is a period after someone starts a job, during which their employer can decide whether the person is suitable and should be allowed to continue.
[business]
Teachers should have a probationary period of two years.
Examples of 'probationary' in a sentence
probationary
She's a probationary PC with limited experience put in an impossible position.
Peter Robinson AFTERMATH (2001)
`Do you cops learn innuendo during your probationary year or is it a prerequisite of joining?
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
Once their probationary period had been completed they had found themselves an apartment at Courbevoie.