Leghan v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
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
- Deiss v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. HolohanCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Greenaway Unemployment Compensation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963