Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 108C (2026)

By-laws pertaining to administration of personnel; consolidation

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Section 108C. A town may consolidate, in a single chapter or article, all provisions of its by-laws pertaining to the administration of its personnel, including, among other things, the compensation plan established pursuant to paragraph (b) of section five of chapter thirty-one, the plans established pursuant to section one hundred and eight A of this chapter, and any by-laws adopted pursuant to section twenty-one A of chapter forty, and may provide by by-law for the establishment of a personnel board or other agency for the purpose of administering said plans or other provisions of its by-laws pertaining to personnel, determining any questions arising thereunder, and advising the town in any matters pertaining thereto; provided, however, such consolidated by-law shall not be subject to the approval of the attorney general as provided in section thirty-two of chapter forty.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1974–1979 · leading case: Flannery v. Town of Pembroke, 393 N.E.2d 431 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979).
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Flannery v. Town of Pembroke, 393 N.E.2d 431 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). “G. L. c. 41, § 108C, the town consolidated all of its provisions pertaining to the employment of personnel, including its policemen, into a personnel classification and compensation by-law.”
Framingham Fire Fighters Local 1652 v. Town of Framingham, 319 N.E.2d 912 (Mass. App. Ct. 1974). “The plaintiffs brought this bill for declaratory and injunctive relief to establish that a pay raise voted at a town meeting in April, 1973, became effective as of January 1, 1973, in accordance with the asserted requirement of section four of the personnel by-law adopted…”
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