Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 1567. Civil service merit system; contract coverage

(a) The contract shall provide for a civil service merit system for all management employees including administrative nontechnical employees who are not subject to collective bargaining agreements under the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L. 563, No. 195), known as the “Public Employe Relations Act,”  1 of the housing authority except members thereof. The civil service commission shall use only the provisions of the “Civil Service Act” in setting standards and principles for employment with the authority. The commission shall include in the system the same duties and obligations, rights, prerogatives, and appeals provided for employees by the “Civil Service Act.”

(b) The agreement shall provide that persons employed on the effective date of this act shall continue in their present positions, without taking an examination, and may be removed only in accordance with section 807 of the “Civil Service Act.”  2

(c) The agreement shall also provide that the compensation of all authority employees shall be determined by the authority in accordance with uniform schedules adopted by the authority using the classifications established by the civil service commission as a basis for such determination. In no event shall the compensation of any person employed by an authority on the effective date of this act be reduced through an action of the civil service commission or the authority during the period he holds the same position he held on that day.