Bristol Township v. Bristol Township Police Department

KELTON, J.,

— We are asked to decide in this appeal (1) whether or not a contract grievance arbitration decision of a labor arbitrator is appealable to this court and (2) whether the decision of that arbitrator should be set aside by us. We decide both of these questions in the affirmative.

Briefly stated, the question before the arbitrator was whether township policemen who were absent because of illness should have a full day or only one-third of a day charged against accumulated sick leave for each day of illness. The arbitrator ruled that only one-third of a day should be charged. We…