State System of Higher Education v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The State System of Higher Education (Employer) appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board), which determined that head coaches employed by university athletic departments are not supervisors within the meaning of § 301(6) of the Pennsylvania Employe Relations Act. 1 The Board concluded that these head coaches, as a class, only exercise supervisory authority sporadically, and therefore, may be included in the rank and file bargaining unit with the assistant coaches. Employer presents a single question for our review: whether the Board…