General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 31A Municipal Personnel Systems
- Massachusetts General Laws - Decentralized personnel system; accepted merit principles - Chapter 31A, Section 1
Any city or town subject to civil service law as provided in chapter thirty-one, or by special law, may exercise the option of establishing a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 31A, Section 2
In this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning, unless the context requires otherwise:— “Administrator”, the personnel administrator of the human...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Acceptance by municipality of local option; adoption of personnel ordinance; application of chapter thirty-one - Chapter 31A, Section 3
Any municipality exercising the local option contained in section one shall, upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer or by a majority vote of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Provisions of personnel ordinance - Chapter 31A, Section 4
Each municipality rescinding their acceptance of chapter thirty-one, shall adopt a personnel ordinance consistent with the provision of section three, which shall also provide for,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Submission of proposed ordinance to administrator; rescission of chapter thirty-one provisions; form of ballot - Chapter 31A, Section 5
At least one hundred and twenty days prior to the vote rescinding the provisions of chapter thirty-one, a city or town shall submit a copy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Personnel director; time of appointment; authority - Chapter 31A, Section 6
Within one hundred and eighty days following the effective date of a local ordinance or by-law, the municipality shall appoint a personnel director qualified for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Local merit appeals board; members; duties; hearing appeals - Chapter 31A, Section 7
(a) Any municipality which creates a decentralized personnel system will be required to establish a local merit appeals board. The board shall consist of three...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appeals; options; conditions; collective bargaining agreements - Chapter 31A, Section 8
Appointing authorities and employees serving in positions subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one on the effective date of this chapter and their successors, shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Personnel administration department; performance and special audits; reports; appeal; compliance - Chapter 31A, Section 9
The human resources division within the executive office for administration and finance shall conduct semi-annual performance audits of the merit systems of each municipality exercising...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certified employee organizations; right to bargain; issues not subject to collective bargaining - Chapter 31A, Section 10
Nothing in this chapter shall interfere with the right of certified employee organizations to bargain with the municipality over subjects permitted by chapter one hundred...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Revocation of acceptance - Chapter 31A, Section 11
Revocation of the acceptance of this chapter by a city or town shall be in the same manner as its acceptance. Upon revocation, said city...
Last modified: September 11, 2015