Massachusetts General Laws
Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions
Chapter 31a - Municipal Personnel Systems

Section 1 - Decentralized Personnel System; Accepted Merit Principles - Section 1. Any city or town subject to civil service...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. In this chapter, the following words and phrases...

Section 3 - Acceptance by Municipality of Local Option; Adoption of Personnel Ordinance; Application of Chapter Thirty-One - Section 3. Any municipality exercising the local option contained in...

Section 4 - Provisions of Personnel Ordinance - Section 4. Each municipality rescinding their acceptance of chapter thirty-one,...

Section 5 - Submission of Proposed Ordinance to Administrator; Rescission of Chapter Thirty-One Provisions; Form of Ballot - Section 5. At least one hundred and twenty days prior...

Section 6 - Personnel Director; Time of Appointment; Authority - Section 6. Within one hundred and eighty days following the...

Section 7 - Local Merit Appeals Board; Members; Duties; Hearing Appeals - Section 7. (a) Any municipality which creates a decentralized personnel...

Section 8 - Appeals; Options; Conditions; Collective Bargaining Agreements - Section 8. Appointing authorities and employees serving in positions subject...

Section 9 - Personnel Administration Department; Performance and Special Audits; Reports; Appeal; Compliance - Section 9. The human resources division within the executive office...

Section 10 - Certified Employee Organizations; Right to Bargain; Issues Not Subject to Collective Bargaining - Section 10. Nothing in this chapter shall interfere with the...

Section 11 - Revocation of Acceptance - Section 11. Revocation of the acceptance of this chapter by...