Should any provisions of this Agreement be found to be in violation of any Federal or State Law or Civil Service Commission rule by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of this Agreement.

Should any provisions of this Agreement be found to be in violation of any Federal or State Law or Civil Service Commission rule by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of this Agreement. ARTICLE 3 EMPLOYER RIGHTS SECTION A. 1.

Should any provisions of this Agreement be found to be in violation of any Federal or State Law or Civil Service Commission rule by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of this Agreement. ARTICLE II EMPLOYER RIGHTS SECTION A. 1.

Should any provisions of this Agreement be found to be in violation of any Federal or State Law or Civil Service Commission rule by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of this Agreement. wt ARTICLE 3 -_ EMPLOYER RIGHTS SECTION A. 1.

Any matter which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission or any Retirement Board established by law, any incident which occurred or failed to occur prior to the effective date of Agreement, shall not be the subject of any grievance or arbitration hereunder. 5.

ARTICLE VII GRIEVANCES INVOLVING CIVIL SERVICE The Union, in recognition of the Committees having affirmed its belief in compliance with State law insofar as it defines the rights, duties and obligations of a municipality under the General Laws, under the Rules, Regulations and procedures of the Civil Service Commission (Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 31) relative to the employees seniority, promotion, reassignment, discharges, reduction in rank

to review the evaluation. b, Within ten (10) days of receipt of a decision on employee's appeal outlin aph (a) the employee or the employer may appeal an evaluation to a three (3)-meedmberin paragr panel appointed by the appointing authority in conjunction with representatives of labor 10 Within ten (10) days of receipt of a decision on an appeal provi for m paragraph (b), the employer or the employee may further appeal the evaluation to ded the Civil

No award may be made retroactive for more than thirty days prior to 17 the date the grievance was reduced to writing under Step 2, except in cases where the affected employee was unaware of the grievance for reasons beyond the employee's control. 16.2 The grievance and arbitration procedure hereunder shall not apply to any matter which is within the proper jurisdiction of the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board or the Civil Service Commission. 16.3

No award may be made retroactive for more than thirty days prior to the date the grievance was reduced to writing under Step 2, except in cases where the affected employee was unaware of the grievance for reasons beyond the employee's control. 16.2 The grievance and arbitration procedure hereunder shall not apply to any matter which is within the proper jurisdiction of the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board or the Civil Service Commission. 16.3

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.