Philadelphia Housing Authority v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, District Council 33, Local 934

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.*

We granted review to determine whether a labor arbitration award, issued pursuant to the Public Employe Relations Act (“PERA”),1 and reinstating an employee discharged for acts constituting sexual harassment, violated well-defined and dominant public policy. Concluding that it did, we affirm the order of the Commonwealth Court, and vacate the award.

Appellant, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 33, Local 934 (“appellant”), and appellee, the Philadelphia Housing Authority (“PHA”), are parties to a collective bargaining…