G.L. c. 31, 43; see also City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commn, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 303 (1997); Navas v. Dept of State Police, D-15-82 (CSC 2016). The Commission determines just cause by asking whether the employee has been guilty of substantial misconduct which adversely affects the public interest by impairing the efficiency of public service. School Comm. v. Civil Service Commn, 43 Mass. App.

Ct. 796, 801 (2004), citing City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commn, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 30314 305, rev. den., 428 Mass. 1102 (1997); Police Commr v. Civil Service Commn, 22 Mass. App. Ct. 364, 371, rev. den. 398 Mass. 1103 (1986). ANALYSIS After a thorough assessment of the Departments reasoning, I find the Department did not establish a reasonable justification to bypass the Appellant for appointment as a police officer.

City of Cambridge, 30 MLC 31, 32, MUP-01-3033 (September 3, 2003); Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 7 MLC 1477, 1480, SUP-2414 (October 29, 1980). 4 CERB Ruling on Interlocutory Appeal MUP-21-8668 Here, given the wording of the Complaint and the Unions failure to file a motion with the Investigator to broaden its scope, the Hearing Officers conclusion that the Unions motion to amend would fall outside of the scope of the Complaint was a reasonable interpretation

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 304 (1997). Reasonable justification means the Appointing Authoritys actions were based on adequate reasons supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind, guided by common sense and by correct rules of law. Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct, of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928). Commissioners of Civil Service v.

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300,304 (1997). See Town of Watertown v. Arria, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 331 (1983); McIsaac v. Civil Service Commission, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 473, 477 (1995); Police Department of Boston v. Collins, 48 Mass. App. Ct. 411 (2000); City of Leominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003).

City of Cambridge, 720 F.Supp.3d 41 (D.Mass.), appeal pending (1st Cir. 2024), the Court upheld a four-day suspension of police officer, giving diminished weight to the insensitive, disparaging or dehumanizing comments that protested the naming of police reform legislation for George Floyd. The Courts analysis bears noting: Speech done in a vulgar, insulting, and defiant manner is entitled to less weight in the Pickering balance.

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City of Cambridge, 7 MLC 2111, 2112 (1981).

City of Cambridge, 30 MLC 31, 32, MUP-01-3033 (September 3, 2003)(citations omitted). Nexus in time between Romeo's participation in negotiations and the grievance process and his termination alone, does not support a finding of an independent 10(a)(1) violation of the Law.

City of Cambridge, 30 MLC 31, 32, MUP-01-3033 (September 3, 2003)(citations omitted). Nexus in time between Romeo's participation in negotiations and the grievance process and his termination alone, does not support a finding of an independent 10(a)(1) violation of the Law.

City of Worcester, MUP-14-3596 (October 17, 2016) (Worcester) (citing City of Cambridge, 23 MLC 28, 36, MUP-9171 (June 28, 1996), affd sub nom., Cambridge Police Superior Officers Association v. Labor Relations Commission, 47 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 (1999)).