by KYW's Tony Romeo
The chief justice of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is pouring cold water on the idea of a four-day week for the state’s courts.
In response to what he says was an informal request to allow one county’s courthouse to operate on a four-day week, Pennsylvania Supreme Court chief justice Ron Castille (in file photo above) has informed all county president judges that they are to maintain five day weeks with their regular hours.
Likewise, spokesman Chuck Ardo says Governor Rendell isn’t jumping on the four-day week bandwagon, either:
“The governor believes the citizens of the Commonwealth deserve to have someone at the other end of the phone five days a week when they call for government service – so he is not keen on the idea of reducing the work week to four days.”
One county looking at going to a four day week is Montgomery County. Officials there believe, however, that their plan may still be feasible since it would maintain a five-day court schedule.
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