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 the position by reason of previous education, training, or experience.
Said personnel director may be a professional city manager, town manager, executive secretary, or a local official with equivalent experience, or a person appointed by a group of municipalities to serve as a personnel director on a regional basis. The personnel director shall have full authority to administer such local personnel system and shall have direct access to the chief executive of the municipality. The duties of the personnel director shall be prescribed by ordinance or by-law.
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