Forty Fort Borough v. Kozich

DOYLE, Judge.

Joseph G. Kozich, Jr. appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County which reversed an order of the Forty Fort Civil Service Commission (Commission) compensating Kozich for salary and medical insurance premiums he lost when Forty Fort Borough (Borough) furloughed him from his full-time position and subsequently rehired him as a part-time employee.

Kozich was employed by the Borough as a full-time fire truck driver; he worked forty hours per week at $10.85 per hour, and the Borough provided him with medical insurance. In the summer of 1993 the Borough was…