DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. LOCAL NO. 246

No. 87-710.

554 A.2d 319 (1989)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Appellants, v. TEAMSTERS UNION LOCAL NO. 246, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan S. McDonald, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Jonathan G. Axelrod, with whom John R. Mooney, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, TERRY and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

The Department of Corrections fired Correctional Officer Woodie C. Head, Jr., for off-duty misconduct which the Department maintained was cause for adverse action. An arbitrator later ruled in favor of Head, reinstating him in his job and awarding him back pay. The Department sought review by the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB), contending that Head's reinstatement would be against public policy, but the PERB declined to review the arbitrator...

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