Civil Service Decisions

Investigation of Northampton labor service appointments and promotions. City now complying with civil service law; civil service permanency granted to certain employees.

Commission declined to initiate an investigation regarding the holding of Industrial Instructor Examinations at DOC.

The Commission declined to investigate whether Springfield Fire Department had taken appropriate steps to investigate a lieutenant’s complaints regarding concerns such as discrimination, as the Appellant is not the subject of discipline or non-selection, and it is not the agency charged with adjudicating such matters.

The Commission declined an investigation into the Springfield Fire Department's promotional process for captain or an investigation into the return of two employees from non-civil service positions to civil service.