.); City of Peabody, 28 MLC 281 (2002) (A letter counseling police officers about their duties did not constitute adverse action.) Absent evidence that Hos questions were punitive in any way, they cannot be considered adverse action. Accordingly, | do not find probable cause to believe that the Commonwealth violated the Law in the manner alleged and dismiss the remaining allegations.

Compare City of Peabody, 9 MLC 1447, 1450-51, MUP-4750, MUP4767 (October 15, 1982) (the reduction in wages resulting from the elimination of a twelve-year practice of regularly paying police officers extra compensation at an overtime rate when they worked twenty minutes of their lunch period constituted a mandatory subject of bargaining) with Town of Billerica, 8 MLC 1957, 1962-63, MUP-4000, MUP-4122 (March 19, 1982) (the reduction in overtime opportunities

See City of Peabody, 28 MLC 281, 284, MUP-2162 (March 6, 2002). Here, Beders January 4th letter only broadly counseled DPW employees that a failure to participate in the Query process could possibly lead to discipline as it would result in the federally mandated suspension of their CDL-licenses, a mandatory condition of their employment.

City of Peabody, 28 MLC 281, 284, MUP-2162 (March 6, 2002).

City of Peabody, 28 MLC 281, 284, MUP-2162 (March 6, 2002).

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records January 28, 2025 SPR24/0206 Captain Douglas Marcus Peabody Police Department 6 Allens Way Peabody, MA 01960 Dear Captain Marcus: On January 23, 2025, this office received your petition on behalf of the Peabody Police Department (Department) seeking permission to waive statutory limits to fees and to charge

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records February 5, 2025 SPR25/0309 Captain Douglas Marcus Peabody Police Department 6 Allens Way Peabody, MA 01960 Dear Captain Marcus: On February 3, 2025, this office received your petition on behalf of the Peabody Police Department (Department) seeking permission to waive statutory limits to fees and to charge

Kulak, Esq. 147 Russell Street Peabody, MA 01960 Commissioner: Daniel Henderson DECISION Pursuant to G.L. c. 31, 35, the Appellant George Sands, (hereinafter Sands or Appellant) is appealing the decision of the City of Salem (hereinafter the City or Appointing Authority) to transfer him from the Highway Division of the Public Works Department to the Cemetery Department.

Rossman & Rossman 8 Essex Center Drive Peabody, MA 01960 Commissioner: Christopher C. Bowman SUMMARY OF ORDER OF DISMISSAL The Appellants Section 42 procedural appeal is dismissed as he was unable to show that he was prejudiced by the Citys short delay in conducting a local hearing to contest his five-day suspension. His separate appeal, in which he is contesting whether there was just cause for the suspension, is going forward.

Rossman & Rossman 8 Essex Center Drive Peabody, MA 01960 Appearance for Respondent: Suzanne Egan, Esq. City of Gloucester Legal Department City Hall, 9 Dale Avenue Gloucester, MA 01930 Commissioner: Christopher C.

City of Boston, 26 MLC 177, 181, MUP- 3 1431 (March 23, 2000) (citing City of Peabody, 9 MLC 1447, MUP-4750 and MUP-4767 4 (Nov. 17, 1982); Town of Bridgewater, MUP-8634, slip op.

In its decision, the CERB likened the arraignment overtime to the overtime at issue in Town of Billerica, 8 MLC 1957 (1982), which was scheduled on an ad hoc basis, and contrasted it with the overtime at issue in City of Peabody, supra, where the employer eliminated a twelve-year practice of regularly paying police officers extra compensation at an overtime rate when they worked twenty minutes of their lunch period.