The Commission modified the 4-tour suspension of a Boston firefighter to a two-tour suspension because the Boston Fire Department failed to prove two of the three charges of misconduct against him.
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 Boston Police Department had just cause to terminate the Appellant as a police officer where his conduct was violative of the Boston Police Department’s Rules and Regulations based on three specific incidents involving misconduct.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of the Appellant for lack of jurisdiction as the Appellant was terminated during his probationary period as a police officer.
The Civil Service Commission determined that the Springfield Police Department had just cause to terminate the Appellant where his conduct, including untruthfulness, was violative of the Springfield Police Department’s Rules and Regulations.
The Commission allowed the procedural appeal of an Abington Police Officer and rescinded his 3-day suspension after the Abington Police Department violated the civil service law by failing to conduct a local hearing as requested by the police officer to contest the suspension.
The Commission reduced to a suspension the discipline of a firefighter terminated for coming to work under the influence of alcohol, based on evidence of disparate treatment and the failure of the Appointing Authority to consider the compelling evidence of the Appellant’s pre-termination rehabilitation.
The Civil Service Commission finds that the City of Springfield had just cause to discipline the Appellant where his conduct was violative of the Springfield Fire Department Rules and Regulations.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a probationary Holyoke firefighter who was terminated based on performance related reasons as the Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear the appeal of civil service employees who have not completed their probationary period.
The Commission dismissed the appeal of a probationary Lawrence firefighter who was terminated after failing to complete the Fire Academy as the Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear the appeal of civil service employees who have not completed their probationary period.
