Collective Bargaining Agreement • Discipline • Essence Test • Public Policy Exception • Arbitration
School Dist. of Phila. v. Commonwealth Ass’n of School Adm’r, PICS Case No. 17-0712 (Pa. Commw. April 25, 2017) Brobson, J.(22 pages).
Trial court erred in vacating arbitrator’s award reinstating terminated school principal because the court erred in using the statutory definition of “cause” to overturn the arbitrators’ interpretation of “cause” in the CBA, erred in holding that the arbitrator did not have the authority to modify the discipline imposed by the school district and erred in finding that the decision to reinstate the principal violated an established public policy. Reversed.
