Beckert v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, District Council 88 (1981)

Employees, 56 Pa.Cmwlth. 572 , 425 A.2d 859, 862-63 (1981), aff'd, 501 Pa. 70 , 459 A.2d 756 (1983).

Beckert v. American Federation of State, Cty. and Municipal Employees, 56 Pa.Commw. 572, 584, 425 A.2d 859, 864 (1981), aff'd, 501 Pa. 70 , 459 A.2d 756 (1983).

Issues analogous to those in the present case arose in Beckert v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 88, AFL-CIO, 56 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 572, 425 A.2d 859 (1981), affirmed, 501 Pa. 70 , 459 A.2d 756 (1983), wherein this Court stated: It would seem that a court of common pleas could in the exercise of its constitutional power provide for a grievance or hearing procedure prior to the discharge of a judicial employee.

Beckert, 56 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. at 582-83 , 425 A.2d at 863 (emphasis added).

Beckert v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 88, 425 A.2d 859, 862 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1981), aff’d per curiam, 459 A.2d 756 (Pa. 1983); see also Jefferson, 985 A.2d at 707 (recognizing that Pa. Const. art.

But such an agreement cannot be deemed to transfer to some other 23 branch of government a court’s constitutional power over the hiring and discharge of court employees.” Id. at 863 (emphasis added).

First Judicial District of Pennsylvania v. PHRC, 556 Pa. 258 , 727 A.2d 1110 (1999); Court of Common Pleas of Erie County v. *424 PHRC, 546 Pa. 4 , 682 A.2d 1246, 1248 (1996); Eshelman v. Commissioners of Berks County, 62 Pa.Cmwlth. 310 , 436 A.2d 710, 712 (1981); Beckert v. AFSCME, 56 Pa.Cmwlth. 572 , 425 A.2d 859, 862 (1981); Bradley v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, 479 Pa. 440 , 388 A.2d 736, 738, n. 3 (1978) (citing Ellenbogen v. County of Allegheny, 479 Pa. 429 , …

This Court in Erie noted that judicial authority over court personnel is an essential element of the judicial function and “may not, consistent with the! constitutional doctrine of separation of powers, be policed, encroached upon, or diminished by another branch of government.” Erie, 653 A.2d at 1314 (citing Beckert v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 56 Pa.Cmwlth. 572 , 425 A.2d 859, 862 (1981)).

See also, Beckert v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 56 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 572 , 425 A.2d 859 (1981) (Separation of powers in the context of the inherent authority of the court to dismiss judicial employees reaffirmed); Ballou v. State Ethics Commission, 56 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 240 , 424 A.2d 983 (1981) (Section 4 of the Ethics Act is an unconstitutional encroachment by the legislature on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s inherent and exclusive…

See also Beckert v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 56 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 572 , 425 A.2d 859 (1981).