Williams v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Petitioner appeals from the order of the -State Civil ¡Service ¡Commission which affirmed the action of the Department of Transportation in furloughing the Petitioner from his position as Transportation Construction Manager I.

As required under ¡Section 802 of the ¡Civil Service Act,1 Petitioner’s furlough was determined iby a ranking system under which the Department compared -employees’ .scores, derived from recent performance *115evaluation reports (PERs).2 In compiling the scores which were the basis for Petitioner’s furlough ranking, the department used PERs which were…