The Probation Period With No Fixed End Date
Standard employment contracts in India often state a probation period of three to six months. What many don't state is the condition under which it ends. Some contracts include language like "probation may be extended at the discretion of management" with no cap on how many times that extension can apply. During probation, most employers are not legally required to follow the same termination procedures that apply to confirmed employees under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. A probation period without a defined maximum duration is not a trial period. It is indefinite at-will employment dressed in polite language.
