Massachusetts CHAPTER 31. — CIVIL SERVICE.
TITLE IV. — CIVIL SERVICE, RETIREMENTS AND PENSIONS.
- Chapter 31 — Section 1. Definitions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 2. Powers and duties of commission.
- Chapter 31 — Section 3. Rules.
- Chapter 31 — Section 4. New or amended rules; hearings; publication.
- Chapter 31 — Section 5. Powers and duties of administrator.
- Chapter 31 — Section 6. Appointments; requisitions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 6A. Performance evaluation system; implementation.
- Chapter 31 — Section 6B. Weight of performance evaluation in promotions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 6C. Employee disagreement with evaluation; appeal.
- Chapter 31 — Section 7. Promotional appointments in official service.
- Chapter 31 — Section 8. Promotional appointments in official service within same departmental unit.
- Chapter 31 — Section 9. Departmental promotional examinations.
- Chapter 31 — Section 10. Alternate departmental promotional examinations.
- Chapter 31 — Section 11. Competitive promotional examinations.
- Chapter 31 — Section 12. Provisional appointments.
- Chapter 31 — Section 13. Provisional appointments; notice; filing.
- Chapter 31 — Section 14. Provisional appointments; authorization; reports; length of service; termination.
- Chapter 31 — Section 15. Provisional promotions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 16. Scope of examinations; marks; appointments based solely on training and experience.
- Chapter 31 — Section 17. Persons with bachelor's degrees; examination; eligible list; certification.
- Chapter 31 — Section 18. Notice of examinations for original appointments; posting.
- Chapter 31 — Section 19. Notice of examination for promotional appointments; posting.
- Chapter 31 — Section 20. Applications for examination or registration; fees; requests for information.
- Chapter 31 — Section 21. Educational and physical requirements; eligibility based on gender.
- Chapter 31 — Section 22. Passing requirements of examinations; credits; requests for review.
- Chapter 31 — Section 23. Review of examination papers; errors.
- Chapter 31 — Section 24. Appeals; petitions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 25. Eligible lists; certification; refusal to accept employment.
- Chapter 31 — Section 26. Order of persons on eligible lists; veteran's preference; disabled veterans; fire and police service.
- Chapter 31 — Section 27. Appointment or promotion; manner of selection.
- Chapter 31 — Section 28. Labor service applicants; eligibility; age limit; veteran's preference.
- Chapter 31 — Section 29. Labor service appointments; promotional bulletins.
- Chapter 31 — Section 30. Promotional appointments from labor service to official service.
- Chapter 31 — Section 31. Emergency appointments; renewal.
- Chapter 31 — Section 32. Emergency appointments to laborer positions; renewal.
- Chapter 31 — Section 33. Seniority; computing length of service.
- Chapter 31 — Section 34. Probationary periods.
- Chapter 31 — Section 35. Transfers.
- Chapter 31 — Section 36. Transfers from official service to labor service positions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 37. Leaves of absence.
- Chapter 31 — Section 38. Unauthorized leaves of absence; reports; separation from employment; review.
- Chapter 31 — Section 39. Separation from employment; lack of work or money; abolition of position; disability.
- Chapter 31 — Section 40. Reemployment list.
- Chapter 31 — Section 41. Discharge; removal; suspension; transfer; abolition of office, reduction of rank or pay; hearings; review.
- Chapter 31 — Section 41A. Discharge, removal or suspension; hearing before disinterested hearing officer; review.
- Chapter 31 — Section 42. Complaints; hearings; jurisdiction; filing of civil action.
- Chapter 31 — Section 43. Hearings before commission.
- Chapter 31 — Section 44. Judicial review.
- Chapter 31 — Section 45. Reimbursement for defense expenses.
- Chapter 31 — Section 46. Reinstatement; hearings.
- Chapter 31 — Section 47. Blind persons; examinations; temporary appointment of mentally retarded persons.
- Chapter 31 — Section 47A. Disadvantaged persons; certified work-training programs; examination; eligible lists; appointment.
- Chapter 31 — Section 48. Civil service offices and positions; exemptions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 48A. Career management service program; designation of positions; selection of persons; annual listing; performance appraisal system.
- Chapter 31 — Section 49. Students in temporary position appropriate to academic interest; appointments to certain state positions subject to or exempt from civil service law; confidential employees.
- Chapter 31 — Section 50. Persons ineligible for civil service.
- Chapter 31 — Section 51. Cities; civil service offices and positions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 52. Towns; civil service offices and positions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 53. Application of chapter to municipalities; school districts; elections.
- Chapter 31 — Section 54. Petitions; number of signatures; filing.
- Chapter 31 — Section 55. Signatures to petitions; certification; objections.
- Chapter 31 — Section 56. Incumbents; status; seniority; transfer of school employees.
- Chapter 31 — Section 57. Permanent positions in city labor service; removal of intermittent junior building custodians; certification of inspector of wires.
- Chapter 31 — Section 58. Municipal police officers and firefighters; qualification.
- Chapter 31 — Section 58A. Municipal police officers and fire fighters; maximum age restriction.
- Chapter 31 — Section 59. Municipal police officers and fire fighters; examinations; appointments and promotions.
- Chapter 31 — Section 60. Intermittent or reserve police or fire forces; appointments to regular force.
- Chapter 31 — Section 60A. Intermittent or reserve police or fire force members; effect of refusal to accept employment on permanent basis in regular police or fire force.
- Chapter 31 — Section 61. Municipal police officers or fire fighters; probationary periods; evaluation.
- Chapter 31 — Section 61A. Police officer and firefighter health and physical fitness standards.
- Chapter 31 — Section 61B. Wellness program for police officers and firefighters.
- Chapter 31 — Section 62. Punishment duty; police officers or fire fighters.
- Chapter 31 — Section 62A. Punishment duty; police officers or firefighters employed by cities or towns.
- Chapter 31 — Section 63. Paraplegic persons; municipal police or fire departments; appointments.
- Chapter 31 — Section 64. Bay transportation authority police; qualifications.
- Chapter 31 — Section 65. Bay transportation authority police; appointments and promotions; probationary periods; evaluation.
- Chapter 31 — Section 66. Labor service positions in highways department; certification; promotions; districts.
- Chapter 31 — Section 67. Annual list of civil service employees; posting; enforcement; penalties.
- Chapter 31 — Section 68. Reports of appointment, promotion, demotion, leaves of absence, etc..
- Chapter 31 — Section 69. Reports of appointment or employment by appointing authority upon request; enforcement; penalties.
- Chapter 31 — Section 70. Records; examination papers; inspection; destruction.
- Chapter 31 — Section 71. Rosters of positions; filing; use; penalties.
- Chapter 31 — Section 72. Investigations; subpoenas; summoning witnesses, etc.
- Chapter 31 — Section 73. Violations; notice; writs of mandamus.
- Chapter 31 — Section 74. Prohibited activities; penalties.
- Chapter 31 — Section 75. Rights of municipal employees.
- Chapter 31 — Section 76. Positions subject to federal merit system standards; minimum qualifications.
- Chapter 31 — Section 77. Enforcement of laws and rules.