stating that fringe benefits for school employees, including reimbursement for tuition expenses, constitute bargainable "wages" under Section 301(14) of PERA, 43 P.S. § 1101.301(14), which defines that term to include "compensation for services rendered"
How later courts described this case
- stating that fringe benefits for school employees, including reimbursement for tuition expenses, constitute bargainable "wages" under Section 301(14) of PERA, 43 P.S. § 1101.301(14), which defines that term to include "compensation for services rendered"
- school district ordered to reimburse teachers for medical and other expenses when district committed unfair labor practice by terminating insurance coverage
- discussing limitations on employers rights to implement unilateral changes after expiration of agreement
- refusal to continue payment of various insurance premiums and reimbursements after expiration of contract
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The opinion
LARSEN, Justice,
concurring.
I join with the majority opinion; additionally I wish to note that if the employees were on strike then the employer could have terminated these benefits even though good faith negotiations were occurring.