TOWN OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, Respondent CITY OF SOMERVILLE, SUMMARY DECISION Respondent On September 11, 2021, the Appellant, Krysta M. Skrodzki, filed an appeal with the Civil Service Commission (Commission) contesting the decision of the Town of West Springfield (Town) to bypass her for original appointment as a police officer in the Towns police department.

City of Somerville v. Somerville Municipal Employees Ass'n, 20 Mass.App.Ct. 594, 598, rev.den., 396 Mass. 1102 (1985) citing McLaughlin v. Commissioner of Pub. Works, 204 Mass. 27, 29 (1939).

.: C-24-193 Department of Mental Health, Respondent CITY OF SOMERVILLE, DECISION Respondent Pursuant to G.L. c. 31, 2(b) and/or G.L. c. 7, 4H, a Magistrate from the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) was charged with conducting a full evidentiary hearing regarding this matter on behalf of the Civil Service Commission (Commission).

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See, e.g., City of Somerville v. Somerville Mun. Employees Ass'n, 451 Mass. 493, 494-95 (2008). II. PARTIES Collaborative for Educational Services, Inc. (Collaborative) is a public entity organized pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, 4E. The Collaborative was formed by nineteen (19) Western Massachusetts public school systems for the purpose of pooling resources to maximize the educational quality for children with special needs.

Somerville, 424 F.Supp.2d 329 (2006), the City of Somerville was found to have violated the appellants rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 U.S.C. 4301 et seq., which provides, in part: A person who is a member of, applies to be a member of, performs, has performed, applies to perform, or has an obligation to perform service in a uniformed service shall not be denied initial employment, reemployment, retention

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City of Somerville, 424 F.Supp.2d 329 (D.Mass. 2006), a case that discusses the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, 38 U.S.C. 43014333, applied to the instant appeal.. The McLain courts narrow holding reflected its very specific issue, which is not relevant to this case: whether USERRA prevents discrimination in initial hiring on the basis of unavailability due to active service in the military. Id. at 333.

City of Somerville v. Somerville Municipal Employees Assn, 20 Mass.App.Ct. 594, 598, 481 N.E.2d 1176, 1180-81, rev.den., 396 Mass. 1102, 484 N.E.2d 103 (1985) (emphasis added), citing McLaughlin v. Commissioner of Pub. Works, 204 Mass. 27, 29, 22 N.E.2d 613 (1939).

City of Somerville v. Somerville Municipal Employees Ass'n, 20 Mass.App.Ct. 594, 598, rev.den., 396 Mass. 1102 (1985) citing McLaughlin v. Commissioner of Pub. Works, 204 Mass. 27, 29 (1939).