By C1 Staff
MIDDLEBURG, Pa. – Two corrections officers who won back their jobs after being terminated two years ago for alleged sexual harassment are owed thousands by Snyder County, according to an arbitrator’s ruling.
The Daily Item reports that Heather Rohrbach and William Griffith are both owed back pay and a portion of their pensions that they voluntarily withdrew following their terminations in February 2012.
They were accused of allegedly sexually harassing a female co-worker.
The officers denied any wrongdoing and contested their termination.
An arbitrator ruled in June 2012 that there had been no sexual harassment and that the county must reinstate both officers with back pay.
The county appealed to the Snyder County Court of Common Pleas and won, but the corrections officers’ union appealed to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and overturned the decision.
The Commonwealth Court found that the officers had only engaged in “simple teasing” and must be rehired.
Both officers have been back at their jobs since May and have received $84,637 in health and welfare payments from the county.
They are still owed about $41,000 from the county in back pay and about $49,000 in pension-related costs.