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The Commission allowed the original bypass appeal of a Correction Officer I candidate as it found the Department of Correction’s process flawed in that the candidate was bypassed without conducting any background investigation and relying solely on the conclusion of the interview panel.
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The Commission dismissed the bypass appeal of a candidate for the Boston Police Department given that Boston had legitimate concerns regarding the candidate's untruthfulness and belligerence toward the police.
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The Commission ordered the placement of a candidate for Sergeant in the City of Lowell, who was bypassed for promotion, to the top of the promotional list given a remand from the Superior Court.
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Bypass Appeal dated August 23, 2019 Strano, Jessica v. Town of Mansfield - Related Superior Court Decision 8/23/19
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The Commission allowed UMass Amherst’s Motion to Dismiss a UMass electrician’s reclassification appeal as pay grades are a collective bargaining issue over which the Commission lacks jurisdiction.
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The Superior Court upheld the decision of the Commission to overturn the termination of a Brookline firefighter.
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The Commission vacated the termination of a Section 8 coordinator from the Medford Housing Authority given that the City could not demonstrate that the Appellant’s whistleblower activities had caused the resignation of two other MHA employees or otherwise constituted misconduct.
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The Commission affirmed the discharge of a black Boston firefighter for making vile, racist, homophobic, and misogynistic postings on social media. The Commission’s rejected the Appellant’s claims of bias, disparate treatment, and entitlement to free speech protections under the first amendment.
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The Commission found DOC justified in the original bypass of a Correction Officer I candidate based on his employment history, military disciplinary record, and a recent incident in which he failed to de-escalate a potentially violent confrontation with a drunken acquaintance.