Bolduc v. Board of Supervisors of Lower Paxton Township

In Bolduc v. Board of Supervisors of Lower Paxton Township, 152 Pa. Commw. 248, 618 A.2d 1188 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1992), appeal denied, 533 Pa. 662, 625 A.2d 1195 (1993) the Court held that in Pennsylvania, public employees are employees-at-will and subject to summary dismissal unless the legislature has explicitly conferred tenure as an integral part of a comprehensive governmental employment scheme. Therefore, public employers do not have the power, unless conferred by statute, to enter into employment contracts that prevent them from summarily dismissing their employees at will. Id.