About Our Blog

Here we present information and opinion about Massachusetts civil service and public sector employment. These include information of interest to employees, legislators, and administrators. We will consider examinations, selection, seniority, promotion, provisional appointments, discipline, layoffs, and retirement issues. We will post important documents from legislative study commissions, major court decisions, and Civil Service Commission decisions. We will report on court decisions, bills before the legislature, and activities of the state Civil Service Commission. This blog is sponsored by Gilbert and O’Bryan, LLP, a law firm in Boston that specializes in civil service law.