What You Need to Know About The New Massachusetts Police Reform Law
Summary of the Massachusetts compromise police reform bill - An Act Relative to Justice, Equity and Accountability in Law Enforcement in the Commonwealth.
Civil Service Commission Weighs In On “Acting” Time
The Commission recently issued a decision that may impact promotional list(s) and upcoming promotions if you have a promotion list resulting from the November 2017 Fire Lieutenant and Captain promotional examination. In Borjeson et al v. HRD, the Commission ordered HRD to include “acting” time in the scoring of Education and Experience (E/E) for all [...]
SJC Issues Important Civil Service Bypass Decisions
HRD's Delegation To Local Appointing Authorities To Issue And Receive Bypass Letters Deemed Permissible, And Flawed Selection Process Not Fatal To Promotion Bypass Decision Ultimately Based On The Merits In two promotion bypass cases decided on September 24, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) upheld the streamlined way that bypass letters are issued and made it [...]
When Are Civil Service Assessment Centers Negotiable?
In a Town of Arlington case (41 MLC 272 (2015) recently decided by a hearing officer at the Department of Labor Relations (DLR), the Town was deemed to have an obligation to bargain with the Arlington Police Patrolmen’s Association about its decision to use an assessment center as the tool for ranking candidates for promotion [...]