Legal Opinion

Leghan v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 5, 1981No. Appeal, No. 23 C.D. 1980Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Alexander Leghan worked as a janitor at Lee Tire Company. The collective bargaining agreement between the employer and the union in effect until August 12, 1979, provided for compulsory retirement as follows: “It is agreed that each employee shall retire not later than the first day of the month next following the month in which he attains age 65. ’ ’ On August 12, 1979, a new collective bargaining agreement went into effect which provided for mandatory retirement at age seventy. Mr. Leghan’s sixty-fifth birthday was August 11, 1979, and his final day of work had been…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Deiss v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. HolohanCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Greenaway Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

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