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~„ , <br />~- _.- <br />basis of the City's last answer. If the City fails to answer <br />a grievance within the time limits, the grievance will auto- <br />matically be appealed to the third step in the grievance <br />procedure. <br />17. The time limits set forth in the grievance procedure <br />shall, unless extended by mutual written agreement of the <br />City and the Union, be binding on both parties. "Working <br />days" as used in the grievance procedure shall not include <br />Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. _ <br />In determining the time periods provided for under ~°- <br />the grievance procedure, the initial day of the operative <br />event shall be excluded and the required number of days <br />shall thence be computed successively, excluding Saturdays, <br />Sundays and holidays. <br />PROBATIONARY PERIOD <br />18. New employees shall be considered to be on probation _-°- <br />for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days. <br />During the probationary period, discharge or suspension by <br />the City shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. <br />19. If any employee is discharged or quits during the <br />probationary period described in Paragraph 18 and is later <br />rehired, he shall be considered as a new employee and subject <br />to the provisions of Paragraph 18. <br />SENIORITY <br />20. Only regular full-time employees of the City shall <br />have seniority. Students, summer employees and part-time <br />employees are those employees who are regularly scheduled <br />to work twenty (20) hours or less per week. A regular full- <br />time employee is one who is scheduled for forty (40) hours <br />of work per week. <br />21. Seniority shall mean an employee's uninterrupted <br />length of continuous service with the Ciity measured from <br />his last hiring date as a full-time employee. An employee <br />shall have no seniority for the probationary period provided <br />in Paragraph 18, but upon completion of the probationary <br />- 8 - <br />