Civil Service Decisions

The Commission ordered a re-do of the police sergeant promotional process for police sergeant after finding that proper safeguards were not in place to ensure a level playing field where the Appointing Authority's son was one of the candidates.

The Commission allowed the Appellant’s equity appeal and ordered that his civil seniority date be corrected to provide “continuous service status” without exclusion for his extended absence after being injured on duty and receiving workers’ compensation benefits, as prescribed by Section 33 of Chapter 31.

The Commission dismissed the appeal of Lynn Police Lieutenant as the City of Lynn did not violate civil service law or rules when it waited to fill a vacancy for Police Captain from a new eligible list as opposed to making a promotion from the expiring eligible list for Captain upon which the lieutenant ranked first.

The Commission dismissed the appeals of four Boston Police Officers given that the BPD did not violate civil service law or rules when it waited to fill vacancies for sergeant from a new eligible list, nor did the tie-breaking method used warrant an investigation.

The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Pembroke Police Lieutenant as the Town has complied with the civil service law and rules pertaining to provisional promotions.

The Commission denied an appeal from a candidate for municipal firefighter who claimed he was entitled to preference as a disabled veteran when he had not served the necessary period of active duty required by statute to qualify for such preference.

The Commission dismissed the non-bypass equity appeal of a Boston police lieutenant as he was unable to show that he was aggrieved by the Boston Police Department’s temporary use of an acting-out-of-grade appointment to police captain at the Boston Police Academy.

The Commission dismissed the appeal of a Natick firefighter as he was unable to show that he was aggrieved by the Town’s decision not to make any promotions from an eligible list for fire lieutenant upon which he was ranked first prior to its expiration.