Collective Bargaining Agreement • Grievance Procedure • Payroll Deductions Limits • Arbitrator’s Authority to Determine Timeliness

Cnty. of Allegheny v. Allegheny Court Ass’n of Prof’l Emp., PICS Case No. 16-0588 (Pa. Commw. May 2, 2016) Pellegrini, J. (15 pages).

An arbitrator’s determination that a grievance petition was timely under the terms of a CBA was sustained where such a procedural determination construed and applied the CBA and satisfied the deferential essence test. Trial court order affirmed.