which they must pay the salaries, fees and expenses of the court systems within that county. See id. § 3541; County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth, 517 Pa. 65, 534 A.2d 760 (1987). Dauphin County maintains that even though counties across Pennsylvania are required to pay the salaries of court personnel, the personnel are “employed” by the courts. To support this contention, the County relies on a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision, which held: Since the court has the inherent right to hire, discharge and supervise, an employer-employee relationship exists by definition between the judges and their appointees. The fact that those employees are paid by the county does not alter the court’s employer status. County of Lehigh v. Pennsylvania Labor Relati 929 F.2d 814, 820-21 (1st Cir.1991) (<HOLDING>); G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. NLRB, 879
recognizing that an employer is liable for an employees action if the employer knew or should have known about an employees acts of harassment and fails to take appropriate remedial action recognizing that when an entity exercises sufficient control over employees it may be considered a joint employer holding that a section 8a3 violation is sufficient to find that the new employer would have employed a sufficient number of predecessor employees to be a successor employer had it acted lawfully recognizing that the compensation that an employer pays may exceed an employees recovery from third parties holding that agent part of title viis definition of employer includes someone who serves in a supervisory position and exercises significant control over  hiring firing or conditions of employment