Torrance State Hospital v. Newman

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

The Department of Public Welfare (DPW) petitions for review the order of the Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission (Commission) reinstating T. David Newman (Newman) to his position as a Psychologist 2 at Torrance State Hospital.

Newman was employed at Torrance State Hospital as a Psychologist 2 and classified as a “regular” employee.1 Because state budget considerations required that certain work activities be eliminated, reassigned or curtailed, one of the Psychologist 2 positions at Torrance needed to be furloughed. At the time, there was only one other regular Psychologist…