City of Springfield, 24 MLC 50, 53 (1998) To determine whether employees share a community of interest, the Commission considers such factors as similarity of skills and functions, similarity of pay and working conditions, common supervision, work contact and similarity of training and experience.

City of Springfield, 24 MLC 50, 53 (1998) To determine whether employees share a community of interest, the Commission considers such factors as similarity of skills and functions, similarity of pay and working conditions, common supervision, work contact and similarity of training and experience.

Dept of Mental Health, 28 MCSR 243 (2015) (despite drop in candidates ranking from first to fourth place after reposting of position following management concern over initial interview process, Commission declined to proceed with investigation after ascertaining absence of evidence of personal or political bias) with In Re: 2010/2011 Review and Selection of Firefighters in the City of Springfield, 24 MCSR 627 (2011) (investigation into hiring spearheaded

Given the specific provisions of the statute, (G.L. c. 31, 1, 6-8, 12-15, 25-31) and the case of City of Springfield v. Civ. Serv. Commn & Joseph McDowell, 469 Mass. 370, 375-376 (2014), this is certainly not an unreasonable position and consistent with the statute.

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City of Springfield, 403 Mass 604, 609 (1988) and Baglioni v. Chief of Police of Salem, 421 Mass 229 (1993)[;] Timeline: March 15 2021-May 15 2021[;] 2.

See City of Springfield, 41 MLC 393, MUP-12-2466 (June 30, 2015).

See City of Springfield, 41 MLC 393, MUP-12-2466 (June 30, 2015). cc: Alan J. McDonald, Esq. McDonald Lamond Canzoneri 352 Turnpike Road, Suite 210 Southborough, MA 01772-1756

City of Springfield, 403 Mass. 604, 605 (1988). The overall standard of judicial review gives deference to the administrative agency, which is to have the benefit of any genuine doubt as to its conformance to the constraints laid upon it. Wightman v. Superintendent, MCI-Walpole, 19 Mass. App, Ct. 442, 445-46 (1985). Although a different decision maker might have drawn different inferences from the facts, [a] court may not displace...

Order, p. 3 (citing City of Springfield, 7 MLC 1832, 1834m MUP-3720 (February 6, 1982)). The Union documented and presented to the Investigator a number of examples to illustrate the various tactics the City employed in neglect of its duty to bargain in good faith.

City of Springfield, 24 MLC 7, MUP-1520 (August 22, 1997). On review, the Union argues that the Investigator erred in considering only the Citys withdrawal of a proposal and presentation of a new proposal containing different terms. The Union argues that it presented evidence, ignored by the Investigator, of other examples to illustrate the various tactics the City employed in neglect of its duty to bargain in good faith.

City of Springfield, 7 MLC 1832, 1834, MUP-3720 (February 6, 1981). Here, the City gave notice to the Union that it made package proposals and that if any portion of the proposal was rejected, the entire proposal was rejected and subject to revision. When the Union did not accept the Citys November 26, 2013 proposal in its entirety, the Union was not accepting each issue within the proposal, including the wage increases and duration.

City of Springfield, 5 MCSR 1025 (Appointing Authority has no obligation to hire or promote an applicant for employment who is unable to physically perform the duties of the position he seeks.); Appeal of Robert F.

In Re: 2010/2011 Review and Selection of Firefighters in the City of Springfield, 24 MCSR 627 (2011) Similarly, the Commission took action after investigation of appointments made in Methuen and Oxford in which the direct involvement of the appointing authority (Police Chief and Board of Selectmen, respectively) compromised a selection process which favored certain relatives of the appointing authorities.