Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 315 — Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Public Labor Relations Act"

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Public Labor Relations Act". (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

Policy

Policy. It is the public policy of the State of Illinois to grant public employees full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours and other conditions of employment or other mutual aid or protection. It is the purpose…

Findings and declarations; court reporters

Findings and declarations; court reporters. The General Assembly finds and declares: (1) It is the public policy of the State of Illinois and the intent of the General Assembly that State employees, including the Illinois official certified court reporters, are granted collective bargaining rights as provided in this A…

Definitions

Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Board" means the Illinois Labor Relations Board or, with respect to a matter over which the jurisdiction of the Board is assigned to the State Panel or the Local Panel under Section 5, the panel having jurisdiction over the matter. (b) "Colle…

(Text of Section WITH the changes made by P

(Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 4. Management Rights. Employers shall not be required to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy, which shall include such areas of discretion or policy as the functions of the employer, standards of services, i…

Illinois Labor Relations Board; State Panel; Local Panel

Illinois Labor Relations Board; State Panel; Local Panel. (a) There is created the Illinois Labor Relations Board. The Board shall be comprised of 2 panels, to be known as the State Panel and the Local Panel. (a-5) The State Panel shall have jurisdiction over collective bargaining matters between employee organizations…

Dissolution of Illinois State Labor Relations Board and Illinois Local Labor Relations Board; transfer and savings provisions

Dissolution of Illinois State Labor Relations Board and Illinois Local Labor Relations Board; transfer and savings provisions. (a) The Illinois State Labor Relations Board is dissolved. The State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, created by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, shall succeed to a…

Right to organize and bargain collectively; exclusive representation; and fair share arrangements

Right to organize and bargain collectively; exclusive representation; and fair share arrangements. (a) Employees of the State and any political subdivision of the State, excluding employees of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois and employees excluded from the definition of "public employee" under subsection…

Gubernatorial designation of certain public employment positions as excluded from collective bargaining

Gubernatorial designation of certain public employment positions as excluded from collective bargaining. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, except subsections (e) and (f) of this Section, the Governor is authorized to designate up to 3,580 State employment positions collectively within State…

Defense to liability

Defense to liability. (a) The General Assembly declares that public employees who paid agency or fair share fees as a condition of public employment in accordance with State laws and United States Supreme Court precedent prior to June 27, 2018 had no legitimate expectation of receiving that money back under any then av…

Duty to bargain

Duty to bargain. A public employer and the exclusive representative have the authority and the duty to bargain collectively set forth in this Section. For the purposes of this Act, "to bargain collectively" means the performance of the mutual obligation of the public employer or his designated representative and the re…

(This Section was added by P

(This Section was added by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 7.5. Duty to bargain regarding pension amendments. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, employers shall not be required to bargain over matters affected by the changes, the impact of changes, and the implementation of changes m…

Grievance Procedure

Grievance Procedure. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the employer and the exclusive representative shall contain a grievance resolution procedure which shall apply to all employees in the bargaining unit and shall provide for final and binding arbitration of disputes concerning the administration…

Elections; recognition

Elections; recognition. (a) Whenever in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Board a petition has been filed: (1) by a public employee or group of public employees or any labor organization acting in their behalf demonstrating that 30% of the public employees in an appropriate unit (A) wish to b…

Unfair labor practices

Unfair labor practices. (a) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer or its agents: (1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce public employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in this Act or to dominate or interfere with the formation, existence or administration of any labor organization or contri…

Unfair labor practice procedures

Unfair labor practice procedures. Unfair labor practices may be dealt with by the Board in the following manner: (a) Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any unfair labor practice, the Board or any agent designated by the Board for such purposes, shall conduct an investigation of the…

Mediation

Mediation. (a) The State and Local Panels in joint session shall establish a Public Employees Mediation Roster, the services of which shall be available to public employers and to labor organizations upon request of the parties for the purposes of mediation of grievances or contract disputes. Upon the request of either…

Fact-finding

Fact-finding. (a) If, after a reasonable period of negotiation over the terms of the agreement, or upon expiration of an existing collective bargaining agreement and the parties have not been able to mutually resolve the dispute, the parties may, by mutual consent initiate a fact-finding. (b) Within three days of such…

Security employee, peace officer and fire fighter disputes

Security employee, peace officer and fire fighter disputes. (a) In the case of collective bargaining agreements involving units of security employees of a public employer, Peace Officer Units, or units of fire fighters or paramedics, and in the case of disputes under Section 18, unless the parties mutually agree to som…

Act takes precedence

Act takes precedence. (a) In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Act and any other law (other than Section 5 of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and other than the changes made to the Illinois Pension Code by Public Act 96-889), executive order or administrative regulation relating to wag…

Precedents established by other labor boards

Precedents established by other labor boards. Unless contradicted by administrative precedent previously established by the State Panel, all final decisions in representation and unfair labor practice cases decided by the Local Panel and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board created under the Illinois Educatio…

Exhaustion of nonjudicial remedies

Exhaustion of nonjudicial remedies. After the exhaustion of any arbitration mandated by this Act or any procedures mandated by a collective bargaining agreement, suits for violation of agreements including agreements entered into pursuant to Section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act, between a public employer…

Right to strike

Right to strike. (a) Nothing in this Act shall make it unlawful or make it an unfair labor practice for public employees, other than security employees, as defined in Section 3(p), peace officers, fire fighters, and paramedics employed by fire departments and fire protection districts, to strike except as otherwise pro…

(a) If a strike, which may constitute a clear and present danger to the health and safety of the public is about to occur or is in progress, the public employer concerned may petition the board to make an investigation and conduct a hearing. Unfair labor practices committed by the employer shall be a defense to such pe…

Any collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this Act shall remain in full force during its duration

Any collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this Act shall remain in full force during its duration. (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)