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 and fifty E; provided, however, that the authority of any municipal agency or its agents to determine selection procedures at both the entry and promotional levels, to conduct and grade merit examinations, to rate candidates based on job-related criteria and establish eligible lists, to make initial appointments or promotions to positions covered by local personnel ordinances or by-laws or any other section of chapter thirty-one which is not subject to bargaining under paragraph (d) of section seven of chapter one hundred and fifty E, prior to the effective date of this chapter, shall not be subject to collective bargaining.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions
Chapter 31a - Municipal Personnel Systems
Section 1 - Decentralized Personnel System; Accepted Merit Principles
Section 4 - Provisions of Personnel Ordinance
Section 6 - Personnel Director; Time of Appointment; Authority
Section 7 - Local Merit Appeals Board; Members; Duties; Hearing Appeals
Section 8 - Appeals; Options; Conditions; Collective Bargaining Agreements