An interest arbitration panel is limited to addressing issues properly submitted to it, a deeply divided Supreme Court has ruled, finding that a panel exceeded its authority in considering the manner of notification for police officers required to appear in court.
In its Dec. 21 opinion, a 3-2 majority of the court found in Michael G. Lutz Lodge No. 5 v. City of Philadelphia that the issue of electronic notification to members of the Fraternal Order of Police is distinct from the issue of compensation for court appearances, reversing a Commonwealth Court ruling.
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