Lackawanna County did not violate a collective bargaining agreement when choosing to hire a female detention officer over 12 senior males, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
A split three-judge panel decided that a portion of the agreement that requires consideration of seniority without regard to gender does not trump a part of the agreement that says female personnel must be present when juvenile detention officers are transporting a female detainee.
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