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The Commission declined the Petitioners’ request for investigation as nothing in the request warrants further investigation by the Commission into HRD’s decision to grant the requests of certain Lawrence Firefighters to take a make-up examination.
The Commission dismissed the non-bypass equity appeal of the Appellant, a Malden Police Sergeant, as he was unable to show that he was aggrieved by a decision to revive the eligible list for Malden Police Lieutenant.
The Commission affirmed the decision of the City of Somerville to bypass the Appellant for original appointment as a firefighter based on the demonstrated inconsistencies about his residency during the application process.
The Commission allowed the appeal of a Chelsea Police Officer in part as he engaged in misconduct but his 10-day suspension was contrary to progress discipline and inconsistent with lesser penalties issued to other officers engaged in the same misconduct.
The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s bypass appeal, concluding that the Appellant had no reasonable expectation of effectively overturning prior credibility assessments made by the Commission regarding whether he deliberately omitted information on an application and provided divergent accounts of past misconduct
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Boston Police Officer as the Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear AWOL-related appeals and his suspension appeal was untimely.
The Commission overturned the termination of a New Bedford deputy fire chief after finding that New Bedford failed to prove that he had misrepresented his physical abilities to avoid returning to duty or otherwise abused the fire department’s injury leave policy.
The Commission denied the Appellant’s reclassification appeal as he was unable to show that he regularly performed the level-distinguishing duties of an Environmental Analyst V more than 50% of the time.
The Commission declined the Petitioners’ request for investigation as nothing in the request warrants further investigation by the Commission into HRD’s decision to grant the requests of certain Lawrence Firefighters to take a make-up examination.
The Civil Service Commission denied the Appellant’s appeal to be reclassified to Tax Examiner IV (TE IV) as she failed to show that she performed the level- distinguishing duties of a TE IV more than 50% of the time.
The Commission denied the Appellant’s request to reconsider its decision to affirm the decision of the City of Chelsea to suspend the Appellant and demote him from Fire Captain to Firefighter as he failed to identify a clerical or mechanical error in the decision or a significant factor the Commission overlooked.
The Commission denied the Appellant’s bypass appeal for firefighter as the Marblehead Fire Department had reasonable justification to bypass him for failing to be forthright about an incident involving damage to a Town-owned boat.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Lieutenant in the Boston Fire Department (BFD) as his non-selection was not a bypass and was not a violation of the civil service law or rules.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Boston Fire Lieutenant who disputed his ECT&E component of the 2023 Boston Fire Captain Promotional Examination after determining that HRD had properly calculated all the elements of his score.
The Commission upheld the state’s Human Resources Division (HRD)’s decision that a candidate who took the March 2023 Statewide Fire Captain’s Examination was not eligible to claim education, certifications, training/licenses and experience (ECT&E) credit for his prior experience as a Correction Officer I at DOC.
The Appeals Court affirmed a Superior Court decision upholding the Commission's decision that the Boston Fire Department had just cause to terminate a firefighter whose hateful statements lowered the public estimation of the Department and were not constitutionally protected.
The Superior Court affirmed the Commission's decision in which the Commission overturned the Town's decision to bypass the Appellant for original appointment as a firefighter.
The Commission denied the Appellant’s reclassification appeal as he was unable to show that he performed the higher duties of Carpenter II more than 50% of the time.
The Commission upheld the bypass of a candidate for original appointment as a police officer whose military record included a lengthy AWOL and Desertion, resulting in his discharge under other than honorable conditions, for which he failed to take responsibility and provided unsupported explanations for his behavior.
The Commission adopted the recommended decision of the Magistrate and affirmed the decision to bypass the Appellant for police officer based on her failure to be forthcoming about certain aspects of her former employment.
The Commission dismissed the bypass appeal of the Appellant for lack of jurisdiction as it was not filed within 60 days of receiving the reasons for bypass from the City of Brockton. Further, only candidates with Brockton residency preference were considered and the Appellant did not qualify for residency preference.
The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s appeal related to the scoring of the education, certifications, training/licenses and experience (ECT&E) component was dismissed as t is not disputed that the Appellant now has received all ECT&E credits he was due.
The Commission dismissed the Appellant’s education, certifications, training/licenses and experience (ECT&E) appeal when the facts established that the Appellant received all ECT&E credits he claimed and there was no further relief that the Commission could grant him.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of the Appellant for lack of jurisdiction as her appeal relates to a collective bargaining seniority date, as opposed to a civil service seniority date, which she is not contesting as part of this appeal.
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