Lopez v. Commonwealth

I agree with the court’s conclusion that the Commonwealth’s human resources division (division) is not the employer of the plaintiff police officers in this case, and the plaintiffs do not have a cause of action against it or its personnel administrator under G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (1), (4), or (5), or G. L. c. 93, § 102. The employers of the police officers are the municipalities that hire and promote them. Those municipalities may elect to use the written examinations prepared by the division to assist in the promotional process, or they may conduct their own alternative promotional…