CASE DIGEST: EMPLOYMENT LAW: PROBATION; EXTENSION OF PROBATION; DOES THE EXTENSION OF AN EMPLOYEE'S PROBATIONARY PERIOD REQUIRE NOTIFICATION FROM THE EMPLOYER?

MR. OLAJUWON OLALEYE v. POLARIS BANK LIMITED & ORS.
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT (LAGOS DIVISION)
(IKECHI GERALD NWENEKA, J)

Background Facts

Mr. Olajuwon Olaleye (Claimant) was employed by the defunct Afribank Nigeria Plc, which was changed to Mainstreet Bank Limited and later to Skye Bank Plc and then to Polaris Bank Limited (1st Defendant), as General Manager, e-Solutions for a probationary period of six months, subject to confirmation on the satisfaction of the following conditions: 1) Receipt of satisfactory reports from your last employers and referees; 2) A satisfactory medical report from our (bank) named medical consultant; 3) Report of satisfactory performance from your Branch Manager.