Fully cooperate with HRD regarding all instances of Appeals, including, but not limited to, wo Fair Test Appeals (GL Chapter 31 22) Will appear and defend the Assessment Center content if a Civil Service Commission hearing occurs. I i Changes in approved procedures for the administration of the delegated functions may not be made without the review and approval of both parties.

difficulties have already been detailed, but there are, as the Union claims, a host of other issues including the power to set standards and require certification every three years; the power to demand personal information which can be found evasive or untrue by a local Chief of Police and thus have POST deny certification; the POST may conduct adjudicatory hearings and nullify decisions involving officer discipline which have been traditionally subject to civil

The arbitrator shall be without power or authority to make award any which requires prohibited by law or ordinance. the commission of It is clearly understood an act that the arbitrator may not contradict or modify the terms of this Agreement or render a decision which is in conflict with the express provisions of this Agreement or any 25 ordinance of law, or any rules or regulations of the Civil Service Commission. jurisdiction is expressly limited

It is clearly understood that the arbitrator may not contradict or modify the terms of this Agreement or render a decision which is in conflict with the express provisions of this Agreement or any ordinance or law, or any rules or regulations of the Civil Service Commission.

Any dispute relative to discipline, suspension, termination, or discharge or to matters within the jurisdiction of any Retirement Board established by law of the Civil Service Commission may be subject of grievance and arbitration under the terms of this Agreement, with the option of the employee to proceed at Step 4 of the grievance/arbitration procedure, or may be processed respectively before a Retirement Board and/or the Civil Service Commission

Any dispute relative to discipline or discharge may be the subject of grievance or arbitration under the terms of this Agreement, with the option in an employee to proceed at Step 3 of the grievance procedure, or may be processed respectively before the Civil Service Commission, provided, however, that an employee may not pursue both remedies in terms of the same dispute, but must elect between them in writing.

Nothing in this Article shall contravene the tights and responsibilities of the Civil Service Commission, nor shall it supersede the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission except that any disciplinary action, including discharge, decided on its merits by an arbitrator will be deemed an election of remedies thereby waiving resort to Civil SeIVice procedures to redress the same disciplinary action.

On November 9, 2010, Officer Ruffen appealed the Citys determination to lay her off to the Civil Service Commission. She alleged that she was improperly laid off and that she actually had an earlier civil service appointment date. While challenging her date, she at no time alleged that she was not given a civil service hearing. See EX 1 generally. 60. By letter dated September 9, 2010, the City advised Ruffen that it was laying her off.

Believing that he was laid off in error, Cote wrote to the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on July 2, 2010, and asked it to investigate his seniority date.

Inoa challenged her termination in an appeal to the Civil Service Commission but did not challenge the lack of a pre-termination hearing in that appeal. Tr. I, p. 107. The Civil Service Commission, in an unsigned decision, appears to have sustained her termination.

Any matter which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission or any Retirement Board established by law shall not be a subject of grievance or arbitration hereunder. Complaints by Civil Service employees that they are being required by the Appointing Authority to perform work outside their job descriptions shall be referred to the Office of Labor Relations prior to making complaint to the Director of Civil Service.

Any matter which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission or any Retirement Board established by law shall not be a subject of grievance or arbitration hereunder. Complaints by Civil Service employees that they are being required by the Appointing Authority to perform work outside their job descriptions shall be referred to the Office of Labor Relations prior to making complaint to the Director of Civil Service.