Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 43 (2026)

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Section 43. Each appointing, employing or other officer, who wilfully refuses or neglects to comply with any provision of the two preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2010 · leading case: Town of Falmouth v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 857 N.E.2d 1052 (Mass. 2006).

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Town of Falmouth v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 857 N.E.2d 1052 (Mass. 2006). · cites it 2× “We turn now to the question whether the commission was justified in reducing Deutschmann’s suspension from 180 days to sixty days.”

City of Beverly v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 936 N.E.2d 7 (Mass. App. Ct. 2010). “Therefore, the appointing authority in that case had to demonstrate that it had acted with “just cause” to fire its employee (see G. L. c. 41, § 43), not merely that there was “reasonable justification” to bypass a job candidate.”

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