The Commission: a) denied a correction officer's request to reconsider its affirmation of a recent decision by DOC to bypass him for sergeant; and b) denied his request to initiate an investigation regarding the promotion of two other DOC employees.
The Commission denied a Fire Captain candidate's request to investigate HRD's decision to immediately apply a recent law change regarding eligibility to sit for promotional examinations as HRD provided sufficient notice in the exam poster and uniformly applied the new requirements.
In light of a recently-enacted law that exempted the position of Worcester Police Chief from civil service, the Commission closed its investigation related to the filling of that position on a permanent basis as it is now moot in terms of the civil service law and rules.
Having determined that a Peabody Police Sergeant was incorrectly awarded 2 preference points reserved for those with 25 years of service as a police officer, the Commission ordered the eligible list to be corrected and encouraged HRD to review the potential applicability of a related Appeals Court decision.
After a careful review, the Commission concluded that no further investigation was warranted regarding the City's decision to await a new promotional list for sergeant before making promotions.
The Commission allowed a request by three Worcester Deputy Police Chiefs to investigate the City's failure to comply with civil service law and rules as it relates to filling a permanent vacancy for Worcester Police Chief.
After concluding that the Boston Fire Department was not utilizing impermissible, acting-out-of-grade promotional appointments, the Commission declined the Petitioners' request to open an investigation at this time.
Although the Commission declined to initiate an investigation at this time after concluding that the provisional promotions for Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chief were permissible, the Commission cautioned that a failure to move expeditiously to fill the positions permanently would result in further review.
The Commission declined the Petitioners’ request for investigation as nothing in the request for investigation raised any substantial question to suggest that the process for promotion of the Weymouth Fire Department’s Fire Alarm Superintendent from Fire Lieutenant to Fire Captain violated the civil service law.
The Commission declined the Petitioners’ request for investigation as nothing in the request warrants further investigation by the Commission into HRD’s decision to grant the requests of certain Lawrence Firefighters to take a make-up examination.
