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.

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 3 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

The City of Springfield, which is an abutting community, recently submitted to factfinding in regard to public health nurses. The nurses at issue in the award were also not subject to the DESE requirements. The award was issued on January 31, 2015, and provided for the following wage increases: FY13 = 0%, FY14 = 2%, FY15 = 2%, and FY16 = 2%. See Employer Exhibit 7, p. 41.

City of Springfield, 23 MCSR 201 (2010)(Appointing Authorities have discretion when choosing individuals from a certified list of eligible candidates on a civil service list.); Bariamis v. Town of Tewksbury, 20 MCSR 47 (2007)( The law grants latitude for the discretion of the Appointing Authority in selecting candidates of skill and integrity for hire or promotion.).

The City of Springfield School Committee (Employer) is a public employer within the meaning of Section 1 of the Law for NLCS employees. 3. The Springfield Education Association (Union) is an employee organization within the meaning of Section 1 of the Law. 4. The Union is the exclusive collective bargaining teachers and administrators employed by NLCS. representative for certain 5.

City of Springfield, MUP-12-2466 (June 30, 2015) (citing City of Taunton, 38 MLC 96, 98, MUP-06-4836, MUP-08-5150 (November 2, 2011)). In this matter, taking every step necessary to protect its students has always been the highest priority of the School District and a working condition for its employees and this new procedural mechanism for enforcing an already existing working condition does not represent a change in working conditions.

Compare with In Re: 2010/2011 Review and Selection of Firefighters in the City of Springfield, 24 MCSR 627 (2011) (investigation into hiring spearheaded by Deputy Fire Chief which resulted in his sons appointment and required reconsideration of numerous candidates through a new hiring cycle conducted by outsiders not connected with the Springfield Fire Department); In Re: 2011 Review and Selection of Permanent Intermittent Police Officers By the Town

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Town of Harwich , 32 MLC 27 (2005); City of Medford, 28 MLC 136 (2001); City of Springfield, 22 MLC 1051 (1985). A unilateral change in the criteria for receiving such benefi ts constitutes a prohibited practice under G,L. c. 150E, Town of Harwich, 32 MLC at 30-32.