This looks like nothing but an end-run around CS protections; politics were bad enough with the old system, can you imagine the flotsam that could be hired now?
Is anyone aware of any efforts (MPA or police unions) to address this?
Posted by: 94c
I hope no one out there actually thought Civil Service would change anything for the better.
It was quite obvious what the game was when they introduced "banding".
A place like Boston could go down several hundred names to hire they're number #1 guy.
Civil Service has consistently ruled that breaking a tie score is not a bypass. Banding just magnifies a tie score by the hundreds.
The local impact can be worse.
"A" scores a 96 and gets hired. "Z" scores a 99 and gets hired also at the same time.
Because banding is considered a tie, and the list comes from Civil Service alphabetically, "A" has more seniority with a lower score.
They later need to lay someone off and the guy with the higher score gets laid off.
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