Grievance Arbitration • Death/Survivor Benefit • Jurisdiction of Arbitrator • Terms and Conditions of Employment
City of Arnold v. Wage Policy Comm. of the City of Arnold Police Dep’t, PICS Case No. 16-0704 (Pa. Commw. May 20, 2016) Wojcik, J. (13 pages).
An arbitrator lacked jurisdiction to hear a grievance petition pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement regarding the amount of death/survivor benefits to be paid, when such issue did not concern terms and conditions of employment under the CBA but involved an independent right under the city’s pension plan. Order of the trial court reversed.
