Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 31, § 11 (2026)
Competitive promotional examinations
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Section 11. An appointing authority may make a promotional appointment on the basis of a competitive promotional examination, pursuant to the provisions of this section, which shall be open to all permanent employees of the commonwealth, or of the city, town, or district where the promotion is to be made, as the case may be, who have been employed for at least the six months next preceding the date of said examination as civil service employees in titles determined by the administrator to be eligible titles.
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case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Lopez v. Commonwealth, 978 N.E.2d 67 (Mass. 2012).
Lopez v. Commonwealth, 978 N.E.2d 67 (Mass. 2012). “Although the plaintiffs allege that the promotional examination, administered by the division and ultimately used by the municipalities, has “been shown to have a significant adverse [discriminatory] impact upon minority (Black and Hispanic) test takers,” they concede that the…”
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