City of Lower Burrell v. City of Lower Burrell Wage and Policy Committee

Where lower court affirmed arbitrator's inclusion of days of compensatory time awarded in 1993 in calculation of employee's monthly pay in 1999 for purpose of calculating pension benefits, lower court's order affirmed; method used to calculate pension was not illegal.

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Argued: October 11, 2001

OPINION

The City of Lower Burrell (City) appeals*fn1 the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (common pleas court) that affirmed the decision of the arbitrator who awarded Lt. Carl H. Baker (Lt. Baker) one hundred compensatory days at a value of eight straight time hours per day, ordered the City to pay Lt. Baker for the one hundred days at his 1993 straight time rate for eight hours for each of the one hundred days minus the appropriate pension contribution, ordered that this payment be considered as part of Lt. Baker’s total earnings for 1999 for the purpose of calculating Lt. Baker’s pension benefits, and ordered that the City pay Lt. Baker a revised pension benefit retroactive to January 1, 2000.*fn2

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City of Lower Burrell v. City of Lower Burrell Wage and Policy Committee

Where lower court affirmed arbitrator's inclusion of days of compensatory time awarded in 1993 in calculation of employee's monthly pay in 1999 for purpose of calculating pension benefits, lower court's order affirmed; method used to calculate pension was not illegal.

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