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Mandatory Subjects of Bargaining 3-9<br />

89<br />

The power to appoint would involve an inherent managerial prerogative which a public employer may<br />

not abandon by agreement, because allowing public employers to contract away these rights would be<br />

contrary to public policy. The subject of managerial prerogatives and rights will be further examined in the<br />

chapter on <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Rights</strong>.<br />

90<br />

See School Committee of Springfield v. Springfield Administrators’ Asociation, 36 Mass. App. Ct. 916<br />

(1994) (holding that School Committee could not bargain away its statutory authority of appointment and<br />

thus could not be bound by a collective bargaining provision for binding seniority preference).<br />

91 Lynn v. Labor Relations Commission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 183, 681 N.E.2d 1234 (1997).<br />

92 Town of North Attleboro v. Labor Relations Commission, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 635, 779 N.E.2d 654 (2002).<br />

93 Town of North Attleboro v. Labor Relations Commission, supra.<br />

94 Id.<br />

Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee

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