Civil Service Decisions

The Commission denied the reclassification appeal of a MCAD Program Coordinator I given that the appeal was as an attempt to justify a former MCAD Chairwoman's impermissible request of promotion and pay raise, and that there was no indication that the duties of Program Coordinator II a majority of the time.

The Commission allowed the Appellant’s bypass appeal, concluding that the Appellant’s few, minor discrepancies in the documentation submitted with his application did not provide the Town of Auburn reasonable justification to bypass the Appellant for original appointment as a permanent full-time police officer.

The commission found no issue in the City of Pittsfield’s termination of a Water and Sewer employee after he took an unauthorized leave when he had already exhausted all of his accrued leave and was denied additional time off. The employee also neglected to maintain various licenses required by law for his position.

The Commission affirmed the decision of the Boston Police Department to deny a candidate's request to take a make-up for one component of a delegated sergeant examination as the candidate's outside employment commitment did not justify granting the request.