FINDINGS OF FACT: Based on the documents entered into evidence (Joint Exhibits 1-11), and the testimony of the Appellant and Marianne Dill (Dill), a Labor Relations Specialist at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services for both the Departments of Mental Health and Public Health, I make the following findings of fact: 1.

In or about mid-September 2021, SEIU, Local 509 (the Union) was informed by bargaining unit members that state agencies in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Secretariat were not reimbursing employees for mileage in compliance with the MOA.

Wd Taal ef 1G HD Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Youth Services 600 Washington Street, 4" floor Boston, MA 02111 CHARLES D. BAKER Governor 617-727-7575 FAX#: 617-727-0696 www.mass.gov KARYN E. POLITO Lieutenant Governor MARYLOU SUDDERS Secretary PETER J. FORBES Commissioner By Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested and First Class Mail February 3, 2017 Mark Mehdiyoun 42 Airport Rd. North Grafton. MA 01536 Dear Mr.

Sometime in the spring of 2017, the Union learned that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (Employer), planned to enter into a contract with New England Geriatrics (NEG), and that NEG employees might potentially perform Social Worker duties. Around August 2017, the Union and the Employer collaborated on a Behavioral Management Policy (Policy). The Policy was finalized in September 2017.

Date Issued: May 22, 2018 COMMONWEALTH & & In the Matter of & and + SEIU, LOCAL 509 RREKKREKREEREREKERERE ERE REET REEREEEREEREREERRAEAEIT RIK COMPLAINT OF PROHIBITED PRACTICE AND PARTIAL DISMISSAL On February 13, 2018, SEIU Local 509 (Union) filed a charge of prohibited practice with the Department of Labor Relations (DLR), alleging that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through (Employer) engaged in prohibited practices within the meaning the Executive

Corey Griesmer is the Labor Relations Specialist for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), a position he has held since 2017.

The Union is the exclusive bargaining representative for certain job titles statewide bargaining unit II, including Developmental Service Workers (DSWs) who work for the Commonwealths Department of Developmental Services (DDS), a division of the Commonwealths Executive Office of Health and Human Services. BareTAY ZTEZNI ad The Commonwealth and the bargaining agreement (CBA) 2009 through June 30, 2012.

The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) is a division of the Commonwealths Executive Office of Health and Human Services. DDS provides residential, vocational, medical and rehabilitative services to residents of the Commonwealth with intellectual disabilities. At the time the complaint was filed, DDS provided services at the Fernald Developmental Center, (Fernald), where a number of DSWs were employed.

, including Developmental Service Workers (DSWs) who work for the Commonwealths Department of Developmental Services (DDS), a division of the Commonwealth's Executive Office of Health and Human Services. 4. The Commonwealth and the Union are parties to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) effective for the period of July 2, 2009 through June 30, 2012. 5.

These updates were made at various times to the staffs of the Secretary of Veteran Services, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Health. . . . Please provide me with hard copies and electronic copies of the above communications as they relate to the Department of Public Health. Previous appeal The requested records were the subject of a previous appeal.

The Appellant has, at all times pertinent to this matter, been employed by the DMH which is currently an agency under the auspices of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. She has specifically been assigned to the Westborough State Hospital. (Exhibit 3 and Testimony of Appellant and Shetler) 3.

BACKGROUND The Respondent is a state agency within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. It manages and oversees a comprehensive system of specialized services and supports for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The types of specialized services and supports provided include day supports, employment supports, residential supports, family supports, respite, and transportation.

RESPONDENTS ANSWER NOW COMES Respondent, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Developmental Services and hereby answers the Complaint issued on January 25, 2023 as follows: 1. Admit 2. Admit 3. Admit 4. Deny 5. Deny 6. Deny 7. Deny 8. Deny 9. Deny 10. Deny 11. Deny 12. Deny 13. Deny 14. Deny 15. Deny 16. Deny 17.

Since May 8, 2000 I have been employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services as a Director of Metro Residential Services, Program manager VIII for the Metro Region of the Department of Developmental Services. My duties include, but are not limited to, oversight of thirty licensed group homes and three hundred and eighty-five staff for the Department of Deyelopmental Services in the Metro Region.