Box 946 Industries Drive Norfolk, MA 02056 Commissioner: Cynthia Ittleman1 DECISION Pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c. 31, section 2(b), the Appellant, Anthony Ferrara (hereafter Ferrara or Appellant), is appealing the decision of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (hereinafter Department or DOC), as the Appointing Authority, to bypass him for original appointment to the position of Correction Officer.
Box 946, Norfolk, MA 02056 (508) 850-7891 rie 8. Representative to contact 10. Telephone Number Ted McLaughlin, Secretary (774) 396-6477 Employee Organization Mass. Correction Officers Federated Union 9. Address (street and No., city/town, state, and ZIP code) 159 S. Main Street, Suite A, Milford MA 01757 12. 11. Fax Number 774-396-6488 Date on which the Employee Organization made a written demand for payment of the service fee.
Box 946, Industries Drive Norfolk, MA 02056 Administrative Magistrate: Sarah H. Luick, Esq. Summary of Tentative Decision The Department of Correction (DOC) had a reasonable justification to bypass the Petitioner for hire as a Correction Officer (CO) I. The Petitioner was terminated from a prior job as a laborer in a warehouse. He pushed a co-worker under circumstances that were found to violate company policy. The coworker had provoked him.
Rice Department of Correction P.O, Box 946 Industries Drive Norfolk, MA 02056 Administrative Magistrate: Kenneth Bresler SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED DECISION Based on the Appellants incomplete application form and negative employment history, the Appointing Authority was reasonably justified in bypassing him for a correction officer position. I therefore recommend that the Civil Service Commission dismiss the appeal.
Box 946 Norfolk, MA 02056 Administrative Magistrate: Angela McConney Scheepers, Esq. SUMMARY OF TENTATIVE DECISION The Department of Correction had just cause to discipline the Appellant for one day for failing to comply with the Department sick leave policy, including the provisions of the medical certification granted under the Family and Medical Leave Act. I therefore recommend that the Appellants discipline be upheld.
Box 946 Norfolk, MA 02056 Administrative Magistrate: Kenneth J. Forton, Esq. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED DECISION Appeal dismissed where the Department of Correction proved by a preponderance of the evidence that there was just cause to suspend the Appellant twiceonce for one day and again for three daysafter he was late without authorization twice and absent without authorization on two additional occasions and failed to substantiate his absences.
Box 946 Norfolk, MA 02056 Commissioner: Cynthia A. Ittleman DECISION William Murray (Mr. Murray or Appellant) filed the instant appeal at the Civil Service Commission (Commission) on August 23, 2017, under G.L. c. 30, s. 49, challenging the decision of the states Human Resources Division (HRD) and the state Department of Correction (DOC or Respondent) to deny his request for reclassification from Correctional Program Officer (CPO)-C to CPO-D.
Box 946 2 Norfolk, MA 02056 (508) 850-7776 Dated: July 11, 2016 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Earl Wilson, do hereby certify that I served the foregoing Respondents Answer upon the Charging Party this 11th day of July, 2016 by causing a copy to be sent via electronic mail to its counsel, Thomas E. Horgan, Esquire. Earl Wilson_____________ Earl Wilson 3