230.26 (2) If there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in the classified service and the administrator director is unable to certify to the appointing authority, upon requisition by the latter, a list of persons eligible for appointment from an appropriate employment register, the appointing authority may nominate a person to the administrator director for noncompetitive examination. If the nominee is certified by the administrator director as qualified, the nominee may be appointed provisionally to fill the vacancy until an appointment can be made from a register established after announcement of competition for the position, except that no provisional appointment may be continued for more than 45 working days after the date of certification from the register. Successive appointments may not be made under this subsection. This subsection does not apply to a person appointed to a vacant position in the classified service under s. 230.275.

230.26 (5) If the administrator director determines that an agency is not in compliance with the requirements of, or rules related to, sub. (1), (1m) or (2) regarding a particular employee, the administrator director shall direct the appointing authority to terminate the employee.

230.27 (1m) (b) The administrator director may waive the prohibition under par. (a) if there is a critical need for employees in a specific classification or position or a critical shortage of residents of this state possessing the skills or qualifications required for a position.

230.27 (2) Subject to s. 230.275, the administrator director may provide by rule for the selection and appointment of a person to a project position.

230.27 (2k) If an appointing authority selects, for a project position, a person who is not a veteran or is not a person the hiring of whom would serve affirmative action purposes, the appointing authority shall make and retain a written record of the appointing authority's reasons for selecting the person who was appointed. The appointing authority shall make the written records available to the office division and annually submit a report to the office division summarizing the reasons contained in the written records. The office division shall annually prepare a report summarizing, for each agency, the information submitted by appointing authorities under this subsection.

230.275 (1) (d) The appointing authority notifies the administrator director in writing that the position is to be filled with a disabled veteran on a noncompetitive basis.

230.28 (1) (a) All original and all promotional appointments to permanent, sessional and seasonal positions, with the exception of those positions designated as supervisor or management under s. 111.81, in the classified service shall be for a probationary period of 6 months, but the administrator director at the request of the appointing authority and in accordance with the rules related thereto may extend any such period for a maximum of 3 additional months. Dismissal may be made at any time during such periods. Upon such dismissal, the appointing authority shall report to the administrator director and to the employee removed, the dismissal and the reason therefor. The administrator director may remove an employee during the employee's probationary period if the administrator director finds, after giving notice and an opportunity to be heard, that such employee was appointed as a result of fraud or error.

230.28 (1) (b) The administrator director may authorize a longer probationary period not to exceed 2 years for any administrative, technical or professional position, in order to provide the appointing authority assurance that the employee has had adequate exposure to the various responsibilities which are a part of the position or classification.

230.28 (1) (bm) (intro.) At the request of an appointing authority and an employee, the administrator director may authorize, at any time before the completion of the probationary period, an extended probationary period of up to one additional year for an individual with a disability, as defined in s. 111.32 (8), who is the employee to allow the employee to do any of the following:

230.28 (1) (c) Upon request by the appointing authority, the administrator director may waive any portion of the lengthened probationary period but in no case before a 6-month probationary period has been served.

230.28 (3) If an employee is removed from a position during the probationary period, and the administrator director determines that the person is suitable for appointment to another position, the person's name may be restored to the list from which it was certified.

230.28 (4) A person reinstated in an employing unit other than one in which the person previously served in permanent status in the class in which the person is being reinstated, an employee who transfers from one employing unit to another, an employee who moves to a different employing unit in conjunction with a voluntary demotion, and a person who had not obtained permanent status in class in a supervisory or management position prior to appointment to another supervisory or management position, may be required by the appointing authority to serve a probationary period. Provisions for the duration of such probationary period shall be provided in the rules of the administrator director.