The Appointing Authority had reasonable justification to bypass a candidate for appointment as a firefighter who provided implausible, inconsistent, and incomplete responses about his residency history during the application process.
The Commission dismissed the Non-Bypass Equity Appeal of a candidate of original appointment whose father served as a Cambridge Fire Lieutenant since the father died from Hepatitis C caused by a “needle stick” that did not occur while responding to a fire.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Gardner firefighter contesting a suspension of less than five days because he failed to first file a written request for a local hearing within 48 hours of notification of the suspension.
The Commission affirmed the decision of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to deny an employee’s request for reclassification from her current title of Program Coordinator II to PC III as she was unable to show that she performed the level-distinguishing duties of PC III a majority of the time.
