A home rule municipality may not redefine subjects of collective bargaining, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
In a 6-0 ruling in City of Pittsburgh v. Fraternal Order of Police, Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1, the justices ruled May 22 that Pittsburgh’s amendment of its home rule charter to require all city employees, including police personnel, to live in the city limits eliminated a mandatory subject of bargaining in violation of the Police and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act, known as Act 111. The ruling reversed a Commonwealth Court decision permitting the amendment and reinstated a trial court ruling affirming an arbitration award that required officers to live within 25 miles of the City-County Building.
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