State Employer Can Claim Pension Benefit Offset to Worker Based on Another Agency's Contributions

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a state employee’s workers’ compensation benefits were properly subjected to an offset for the pension benefits he was collecting, which had been funded in-part by his employer, and by a different state agency for whom he had previously worked. Case: Gillen v. WCAB (Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission), No. 1681 C.D. 2019, 05/12/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Frank Gillen worked for the Delaware River Port Authority for 18 years before taking a job with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. While he was at work in Se...