Section 52. The classification and allocation of offices and positions required to be classified and allocated by section forty-nine shall be according to their respective duties and responsibilities. The classification shall be established by specifications defining for each office or position or class of offices or positions the title, duties and responsibilities thereof. The titles used in such classification shall be used for pay rolls, in the records of county commissioners, county treasurers, the director of accounts and of the board, and in all budget and appropriation records, but for working and administrative purposes within a department and for public convenience other titles may be used. Incumbents of offices and positions so classified shall perform, as far as practicable, the duties prescribed for the class to which they are assigned, but nothing in sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, shall be construed to limit or to restrict the county commissioners or other administrative authorities having charge of a department in assigning other work to such incumbents.
Any person aggrieved by the allocation or classification of his office or position or by any other action or by any failure to act, under any provision of sections forty-eight to fifty-five, inclusive, may appeal in writing to the board. Such appeal shall be filed with the county commissioners of the county in which the office or position is established, who shall forward the appeal to the board, accompanied by a report and their recommendations thereon. The board shall refer the appeal to the director of accounts, who shall investigate the merits thereof and report to the board. The board, after giving all parties interested an opportunity to be heard, shall pass upon the appeal and its decision shall be final and binding upon all such parties, including the county commissioners and the person appealing.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 35 - County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts and County Finances
Section 1 - Qualifications; Election; Tenure
Section 2 - Assistant Treasurer; Bond; Duties
Section 4 - Salaries; Source of Payment
Section 7 - Commissioners Acting by Appointment; Compensation; Travel Expenses
Section 8 - Traveling Expenses
Section 9 - Wilful Violation of Duty; Penalties
Section 10 - Collection and Disbursement of County Funds; Investment of Funds
Section 10a - Disbursement of Matching Funds for Federally Funded Programs
Section 11 - Payment of Expenses, etc.; Restrictions
Section 14 - Statement of Law Authorizing Payment of Accounts; Liability for Payments; Exceptions
Section 15 - Accounts; Form and Contents
Section 18 - Suffolk and Nantucket Counties; Applicability of Laws
Section 19a - Accumulated Vacation Allowance; Payment Upon Death or Separation From Service
Section 19b - Deceased Officers and Employees; Payment of Salary to Next of Kin; Effect
Section 19c - Deposits in Credit Union; Pension or Retirement Allowances
Section 20 - Prosecution of Suits Upon Bonds, Notes, etc.; Joinder of Treasurer as Party
Section 21 - Delinquency of Officers as to Money Payments; Notification of District Attorney
Section 22 - Disposition of Surplus Money; Deposits; Investments; Interest
Section 22a - Deposit of Funds Restricted
Section 23 - Money Paid Into Courts; Disposition; Interest
Section 23a - Unclaimed Funds; Disposition
Section 24 - Overdue Accounts; Interest Charge
Section 25 - Annual Report; Contents
Section 26 - Annual Report of County Commissioners; Contents
Section 27 - Annual Reports; Publication and Distribution
Section 27a - Treasurer and Custodian of Certain Funds
Section 28 - Estimates of County Receipts and Expenditures; Preparation; Recordation
Section 30 - Taxes; Approval; Computation
Section 31 - Taxes; Apportionment, Assessment and Collection
Section 32a - Contributory Retirement Systems; Anticipated Costs; Recovery of Pension Costs
Section 34 - Expenses and Liabilities Incurred Prior to Appropriations; Limitations; Exceptions
Section 34a - Expenses Incurred Prior to Appropriation; Highway Agreements Excepted
Section 35 - Enforcement of Provisions; Conditions
Section 36 - County Receipts, Cash on Hand and Expenditures; Monthly Account
Section 36a - Emergency Borrowing for Extraordinary Expenditures
Section 37 - Borrowing Funds in Anticipation of Tax Income
Section 37a - Bonds and Notes; Method of Payment; Use of Proceeds; Limitations
Section 37b - Temporary Notes; Refunding; Payment
Section 38 - Sale of Notes or Securities; Bids Required; Exceptions
Section 38a - Bonds Issued Subject to Call and Redemption
Section 38b - Refunding Bonds and Notes; Issuance; Limitations
Section 39a - Forms for Note Issues; Contents, Etc.
Section 39b - Notes; Procedure for Issuance
Section 39c - Bearer Notes; Procedure for Issuance
Section 39d - Payment of Notes; Notice
Section 39e - Certification Fee; Refunds
Section 39f - Effect of Certification
Section 39g - Facsimile of County Seal on Bonds, etc.; Validity
Section 39h - Facsimile of County Seal on Bonds, etc.; Authorization of Making and Use
Section 40 - Fines; Accounting; Returns
Section 41 - Payments to Treasurers; Sworn Statements
Section 42 - Auditor of Boston; Additional Duty
Section 43 - Exchange of Order Instruments for Bearer Instruments; Penalty for Noncompliance
Section 43a - Surety Bonds of Officers and Employees; Payment of Premiums
Section 47 - Penalty for Noncompliance With Orders
Section 48 - Establishment of Board; Membership; Election; Tenure, Etc.
Section 49 - Classification of Positions; ''salary'' Defined
Section 51 - Personnel Board; Powers and Duties; Discharge of Employees, Etc.
Section 51b - Salary Schedules
Section 52 - Classification and Allocation of Offices and Positions; Review
Section 53 - County Commissioners; Powers and Duties
Section 53a - Director of Affirmative Action; Affirmative Action Plan; Reports
Section 55 - Salaries to Be Full Compensation; Overtime Pay, Etc.
Section 56 - Suffolk County; Applicability of Act; Classification Agencies in Other Counties