Discipline appeal denied. There was just cause for DOC to suspend the Appellant for 2 days regarding misconduct related to the treatment of an inmate. Bypass appeal dismissed as a tie is not a bypass.
A majority of the Commission denied the appeal of a firefighter seeking to overturn his termination, concluding that the Worcester Fire Department had just cause to terminate him for insubordination related to his unwillingness to adhere to a rehabilitation agreement to return to work.
The Commission dismissed the appeal, to contest non-selection for provisional promotion to captain, of a North Attleborough Fire Lieutenant given that there were no indications of an unfair selection process or nepotism.
The Commission dismissed the reclassification appeal of a UMass Amherst employee as he had no reasonable expectation of showing that he performed the duties of the requested classification of Technical Assistant III (TA III) a majority of the time.
