Civil Service Decisions

The Commission denied the Appellant's discipline appeal and affirmed his 20-day suspension for yelling obscenities at a co-worker.

The Commission denied the Petitioner's request for investigation related to the two most recent hiring cycles for transit police officer as there was no evidence of any violation of the civil service law or rules.

The Commission denied the bypass appeal of a candidate seeking appointment as a reserve police officer, as the Town had reasonable justification to bypass him for failing to follow the Town’s directions for the hiring process, including failure to fill out the employment application packet in a timely manner..

The Commission denied the Appellant's bypass appeal for Correction Officer I, concluding that DOC had reasonable justification to bypass the Appellant based on her criminal history.

The Commission dismissed 2 of these appeals based on a withdrawal or lack of jurisdiction and scheduled the other appeals for a hearing to determine if the Town followed the civil service law and rules related to provisional promotions.

The Commission denied the Appellant's appeal and affirmed the Town's decision to bypass him for promotional appointment to Fire Battalion Chief based on his poor interview performance and poor communication skills.

The Commission dismissed the Appellant's appeal, concluding that the Boston Police Department had reasonable justification to bypass him for police officer based on the issuance of two prior restraining orders related to alleged domestic violence.

The Commission denied the Appellant's appeal, concluding that the City had just cause to terminate him as a police officer based on his off-duty misconduct related to domestic violence.

The Commission denied the Appellant's appeal, concluding that the City had just cause to suspend him for 3 days as a police officer based on his unilateral rescission of a detail assignment without authorization.

The Commission denied the Appellant's appeal, concluding that the City had just cause to suspend the Appellant for two days as a police officer for interfering with an investigation against her brother, who is also a police officer.