Section 95.66. Impasses involving court employes, guards at prisons and mental institutions

(a) Impasses involving units of guards at prisons or mental hospitals or units of employes directly involved with the functioning of courts of this Commonwealth, unresolved by the intervention of mediation, shall be submitted to arbitration under section 805 of the act (43 P. S. § 1101.805). The Bureau of Mediation shall notify the Board of an impasse and the need for invoking arbitration.

(b) Prior to appointment, arbitrators shall have filed with the Board a resume of their qualifications and requested fees for services to be rendered. The services provided by arbitrators will be compensated in accordance with a schedule of rates approved by the Board.

(c) The impartial arbitrator chosen under section 806(1) or (2) of the act (43 P. S. § 1101.806(1) or (2)) shall notify the Board of the selection or appointment prior to assuming duties as third member and chairperson.

(d) Third member arbitrators chosen under section 806(1) or (2) of the act (43 P. S. § 1101.806(1) or (2)) will be compensated by the Board. See 43 P. S. § 1101.806(a). Within 30 days of completion of the arbitration process, the third member arbitrator shall submit to the Board a detailed statement of costs, plus expenses, setting forth the dates and time spent in research, hearing and preparation of the report. The Board will periodically determine a schedule of rates and costs for these purposes at a regularly scheduled meeting. The schedule will be published and made of record and continue in effect until redetermination by the Board.

The provisions of this § 95.66 adopted October 23, 1970, effective October 24, 1970, 1 Pa.B. 419; amended July 30, 1976, effective July 31, 1976, 6 Pa.B. 1791; amended November 6, 1992, effective November 7, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 5413. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (72819).