McCluskey v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

This is a consolidated appeal of eight furloughed Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) *131employees (petitioners) from Civil Service Commission (Commission) orders and opinions, sustaining their furloughs as proper under the Civil Service Act (Act).1

Because of a lack of work, the petitioners, who were full-time employees assigned to District 2-0, Clearfield, were furloughed effective March 31, 1976, from their permanent positions as Draftsmen Designers and Draftsmen II.

The petitioners appealed their furloughs to the Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission which…