Commonwealth v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board v. Butz · Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board v. Sand's Restaurant Corp. · Community College v. Community College · American Federation of State v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
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“The Commonwealth Court’s decision presents the aggrieved party with a choice of two courses of action. The aggrieved party may appeal the order of the arbitrator directly pursuant to the Arbitration Act, 5 P.S. §175 and Pa. R.J.A. 2101, [currently Pa. R.C.P. No. 247] or that party may decline to appeal that award, refuse to abide by its provisions, and, as was done by the Commonwealth here, treat the arbitrator’s action as a nullity. Such action, of course, forces the party in whose favor the arbitrator originally ruled to seek enforcement of the award through a Section 1301 enforcement action. The party aggrieved by the arbitrator’s decision should have one route of appeal: that provided by Pa. R.J.A. 2101. [W]hen the complainant in an unfair labor practice action charges a refusal . . to comply with the provisions of an arbitration award deemed binding under Section 903 . . . ,’ the Board must determine first if an award exists, second, if the appeal procedure available to the aggrieved party under Pa. R.J.A. 2101 has been exhausted, and third, if the party has failed to comply with the provisions of the arbitrator’s decision. Once the appeal procedure provided by Pa. R. J.A. 2101 has been completed (whether by appeal to the Commonwealth Court and petition for allowance of appeal to us or by allowing the time period for appeal to expire without talcing any action), the award is final and ‘deemed binding’ for purposes of Section 1301. (Emphasis added.)”
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