Employees subject to suspension or discharge may process their appeals at the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission or by filing a grievance under the collective bargaining agreement culminating in arbitration under the rules of the AAA, but may not process the matter at both agencies. 13.5 Employees appealing discipline to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination may not process that discipline under the grievance/arbitration procedure

For Civil Service employees, the issue of just cause is reviewable by both the appointing authority (City Manager) and the Civil Service Commission (or an arbitrator, if the employee opts to grieve the discipline he receives). Both the Commission and an arbitrator are likely to consider several factors in deciding whether a given disciplinary action is supported by just cause: a.

Sometime in 2015, certain lieutenants within the DOC filed a petition with the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission (Commission) alleging that the DOC did not have a written promotional examination to establish an eligibility list for the promotion of lieutenants to the rank of Captain.

Chapter 31), the employee may process his/her claim either through the Grievance and Arbitration Procedure of this Agreement or through the Civil Service Commission pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 31. The employee must submit to the Town Manager a written election of procedure within ten (10) working days of the Step 2 decision of the Chief of Police which had given rise to the dispute.

Chapter 31), the employee may process his/her claim either through the Grievance and Arbitration Procedure of this Agreement or through the Civil Service Commission pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 31. The employee must submit to the Town Manager a written election of procedure within ten (10) working days of the Step 2 decision of the Chief of Police which had given rise to the dispute.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, 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 a grievance or arbitration hereunder unless the employee makes an election as authorized under General Laws Chapter 150E, Section 8.

When, for the convenience of the Committee, an officer covered by this contract is required to work in a job classification which pays a higher rated pay, he will be eligible, after completion of ten (10) consecutive working days, to receive the higher rate for the time he works in the higher rated job, retroactive to the first day, said higher rate of pay being subject to the approval of the Civil Service Commission.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, 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 unless the employee makes an election as authorized under G.L. Ch. 150E, Sec. 8.

The Union shall pay and install a weather station for use in connection with this clause. item 15: | Whenever a decision is made by the Chief to impose punishment duty on an officer covered by this Agreement, punishment need not be served until the officer has exhausted his/her appeal rights to the Civil Service Commission.

of Article 14 of this Agreement, in which even the employees involved shall have grievance procedure or to any other forum, administrative or judicial. no recourse to the Any dispute arising between an employee(s) and the employer, which is submitted as a grievance for resolution under this Agreement, shall not be arbitrable under any section of this Agreement, if such dispute or grievance is a suitable matter for submission to the Massachusetts Civil