I've asked my HR team this question through a painful online service that takes forever, but just hoping maybe someone here will know the answer?
I'm currently working in a Scottish Government agency. I joined permanently in October (after doing the same job for over a year through an agency) and I have a 9 month probationary period.
I've been offered a 12-15 month fixed term contract within the civil service and the HR contact at the new role asked me to find out if a loan arrangement would be possible (if it's not possible I'll resign and take the risk of ending up unemployed next year).
Does anyone know the rules? My manager started at the same time as me so doesn't know and doesn't know how to find out, and I can't find anything on our intranet. My contract doesn't say anything about it.