Lancaster County v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI. 1

Lancaster County (County) petitions for review of a decision of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board) from a Unit Clarification which found that maintenance mechanics in the Lancaster County Prison (Prison) were prison guards for purposes of Section 604 of the Public Employe Relations Act (Act). 2 Because the Board erred in determining that maintenance mechanics are “guards at prisons” for purposes of the Act, we reverse.

On November 18, 2009, the County commissioners adopted a reorganization plan that put all County maintenance and custodial employees…