Appeals of Disciplinary Actions In accordance with G.L. c. 150E, Section 8 and c 31, Section 42, an employee must elect to appeal a civil service disciplinary action to either the Civil Service Commission or to arbitration, where such arbitration is elected by the employee as the method of grievance resolution, (it shall) be the exclusive procedure for resolving such grievance involving suspension, dismissal, removal, or termination notwithstanding

The Town itelies upon a non-binding superior court decision interpreting authority of Civil Service Commission to remedy unlawful terminations. The case has no application to authority of arbitrator 2 to remedy terminations without just cause. The Union cited to applicable authority in its posthearing brief.

NAGE alleges that not only is this a transfer of bargaining unit work, but is in retaliation of our members Chris Besse filing a claim at Civil Service Commission regarding his classification and receiving stand-by pay for the past year. During this bargaining unit member's classification appeal, the MEMA Director and MEMA Human Resources Director found that these exact job responsibilities was properly classified as bargaining unit work.

NAGE alleges that not only is this a transfer of bargaining unit work, but is in retaliation of our members Chris Besse filing a claim at Civil Service Commission regarding his classification and receiving stand-by pay for the past year.

MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION & another! MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, the City of Methuen (the "City" or "Methuen"), filed this action, pursuant to G. L. c. 30A, 14 and G.

As a condition precedent to submitting a grievance alleging violation of Section 1 of Article 24, the Union and the employee involved shall sign and give to the Employer, on a form agreed and incorporated as Appendix B, a waiver of any and all rights to appeal the disciplinary action to the Civil Service Commission, The waiver shall include a declaration that no disciplinary review has been commenced at the Civil Service Commission.

Nothing in this Agreement shall diminish the authority and power of the Civil Service Commission or any Retirement or Personnel Board established by law. Any department members eligible for promotion to Lieutenant or above shall take the psychological stress evaluation test as approved by the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission, at the expense of the Town of Stoneham, subject to standard appeal practices.

Nothing in this Agreement shall diminish the authority and power of the Civil Service Commission or any Retirement Board established by law. Any new candidate; present department members seeking promotion, or appointment as a specialist, shall take the psychological stress evaluation test as approved by the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission, at the expense of the Town of Stoneham, subject to standard appeal practices.

Service Commission or any court or agency of competent jurisdiction as provided thereunder, and any and all rights to proceed under the grievance procedure set forth in Section 1.6 shall be deemed to have been waived and, provided further, the condition or event upon which such request, complaint, or petition is based shall not thereafter be the subject of any grievance by the Association or the employee to be determined under Section 1.6.

The state Civil Service Commission, for instance, publishes publicly eligibility lists of candidates for promotion by name. But those lists do not contain the candidates' score. . . . The same is true for the eligibility lists for employment by the Massachusetts State Police. . . .

Among other functions, Civil Service Law requires that appointments to patrol officer positions and promotions from patrol officer to sergeant, sergeant to lieutenant and lieutenant to captain are obtained through testing by, or under the supervision of, the states Human Resources Department (HRD) and the Civil Service Commission (Commission). 5: The standard and predominant form of examination for promotions to the ranks of sergeant, lieutenant and