Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 1/7/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3644

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3644, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
6amended by changing Sections 3 and 6 as follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 315/3)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1603)
8    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
9context otherwise requires:
10    (a) "Board" means the Illinois Labor Relations Board or,
11with respect to a matter over which the jurisdiction of the
12Board is assigned to the State Panel or the Local Panel under
13Section 5, the panel having jurisdiction over the matter.
14    (b) "Collective bargaining" means bargaining over terms
15and conditions of employment, including hours, wages, and other
16conditions of employment, as detailed in Section 7 and which

 

 

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1are not excluded by Section 4.
2    (c) "Confidential employee" means an employee who, in the
3regular course of his or her duties, assists and acts in a
4confidential capacity to persons who formulate, determine, and
5effectuate management policies with regard to labor relations
6or who, in the regular course of his or her duties, has
7authorized access to information relating to the effectuation
8or review of the employer's collective bargaining policies.
9    (d) "Craft employees" means skilled journeymen, crafts
10persons, and their apprentices and helpers.
11    (e) "Essential services employees" means those public
12employees performing functions so essential that the
13interruption or termination of the function will constitute a
14clear and present danger to the health and safety of the
15persons in the affected community.
16    (f) "Exclusive representative", except with respect to
17non-State fire fighters and paramedics employed by fire
18departments and fire protection districts, non-State peace
19officers, and peace officers in the Department of State Police,
20means the labor organization that has been (i) designated by
21the Board as the representative of a majority of public
22employees in an appropriate bargaining unit in accordance with
23the procedures contained in this Act, (ii) historically
24recognized by the State of Illinois or any political
25subdivision of the State before July 1, 1984 (the effective
26date of this Act) as the exclusive representative of the

 

 

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1employees in an appropriate bargaining unit, (iii) after July
21, 1984 (the effective date of this Act) recognized by an
3employer upon evidence, acceptable to the Board, that the labor
4organization has been designated as the exclusive
5representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate
6bargaining unit; (iv) recognized as the exclusive
7representative of personal care attendants or personal
8assistants under Executive Order 2003-8 prior to the effective
9date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, and
10the organization shall be considered to be the exclusive
11representative of the personal care attendants or personal
12assistants as defined in this Section; or (v) recognized as the
13exclusive representative of child and day care home providers,
14including licensed and license exempt providers, pursuant to an
15election held under Executive Order 2005-1 prior to the
16effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
17Assembly, and the organization shall be considered to be the
18exclusive representative of the child and day care home
19providers as defined in this Section.
20    With respect to non-State fire fighters and paramedics
21employed by fire departments and fire protection districts,
22non-State peace officers, and peace officers in the Department
23of State Police, "exclusive representative" means the labor
24organization that has been (i) designated by the Board as the
25representative of a majority of peace officers or fire fighters
26in an appropriate bargaining unit in accordance with the

 

 

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1procedures contained in this Act, (ii) historically recognized
2by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision of the
3State before January 1, 1986 (the effective date of this
4amendatory Act of 1985) as the exclusive representative by a
5majority of the peace officers or fire fighters in an
6appropriate bargaining unit, or (iii) after January 1, 1986
7(the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985) recognized
8by an employer upon evidence, acceptable to the Board, that the
9labor organization has been designated as the exclusive
10representative by a majority of the peace officers or fire
11fighters in an appropriate bargaining unit.
12    (g) "Fair share agreement" means an agreement between the
13employer and an employee organization under which all or any of
14the employees in a collective bargaining unit are required to
15pay their proportionate share of the costs of the collective
16bargaining process, contract administration, and pursuing
17matters affecting wages, hours, and other conditions of
18employment, but not to exceed the amount of dues uniformly
19required of members. The amount certified by the exclusive
20representative shall not include any fees for contributions
21related to the election or support of any candidate for
22political office. Nothing in this subsection (g) shall preclude
23an employee from making voluntary political contributions in
24conjunction with his or her fair share payment.
25    (g-1) "Fire fighter" means, for the purposes of this Act
26only, any person who has been or is hereafter appointed to a

 

 

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1fire department or fire protection district or employed by a
2state university and sworn or commissioned to perform fire
3fighter duties or paramedic duties, except that the following
4persons are not included: part-time fire fighters, auxiliary,
5reserve or voluntary fire fighters, including paid on-call fire
6fighters, clerks and dispatchers or other civilian employees of
7a fire department or fire protection district who are not
8routinely expected to perform fire fighter duties, or elected
9officials.
10    (g-2) "General Assembly of the State of Illinois" means the
11legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois,
12as provided for under Article IV of the Constitution of the
13State of Illinois, and includes but is not limited to the House
14of Representatives, the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
15Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
16Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Minority
17Leader of the Senate, the Joint Committee on Legislative
18Support Services and any legislative support services agency
19listed in the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of
201984.
21    (h) "Governing body" means, in the case of the State, the
22State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, the Director
23of the Department of Central Management Services, and the
24Director of the Department of Labor; the county board in the
25case of a county; the corporate authorities in the case of a
26municipality; and the appropriate body authorized to provide

 

 

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1for expenditures of its funds in the case of any other unit of
2government.
3    (i) "Labor organization" means any organization in which
4public employees participate and that exists for the purpose,
5in whole or in part, of dealing with a public employer
6concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
7employment, including the settlement of grievances.
8    (i-5) "Legislative liaison" means a person who is an
9employee of a department, division, agency, board, commission,
10or office under the jurisdiction of the Governor, Lieutenant
11Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller,
12or Treasurer and who communicates in the course of his or her
13employment with any official or staff of the legislative branch
14of State government for the purpose of influencing any
15legislative action.
16    (j) "Managerial employee" means an individual who is
17engaged predominantly in executive and management functions
18and is charged with the responsibility of directing the
19effectuation of management policies and practices. With
20respect only to State employees in positions under the
21jurisdiction of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
22General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer (i) that
23are filled or for which a petition is filed with the Illinois
24Public Labor Relations Board on or after the effective date of
25this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly or (ii) for
26which a petition is pending before the Illinois Public Labor

 

 

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1Relations Board on that date, "managerial employee" means an
2individual who is engaged in executive and management functions
3or who is charged with the effectuation of management policies
4and practices or who represents management interests by taking
5or recommending discretionary actions that effectively control
6or implement policy.
7    (k) "Peace officer" means, for the purposes of this Act
8only, any persons who have been or are hereafter appointed to a
9police force, department, or agency and sworn or commissioned
10to perform police duties, except that the following persons are
11not included: part-time police officers, special police
12officers, auxiliary police as defined by Section 3.1-30-20 of
13the Illinois Municipal Code, night watchmen, "merchant
14police", court security officers as defined by Section 3-6012.1
15of the Counties Code, temporary employees, traffic guards or
16wardens, civilian parking meter and parking facilities
17personnel or other individuals specially appointed to aid or
18direct traffic at or near schools or public functions or to aid
19in civil defense or disaster, parking enforcement employees who
20are not commissioned as peace officers and who are not armed
21and who are not routinely expected to effect arrests, parking
22lot attendants, clerks and dispatchers or other civilian
23employees of a police department who are not routinely expected
24to effect arrests, or elected officials.
25    (l) "Person" includes one or more individuals, labor
26organizations, public employees, associations, corporations,

 

 

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1legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy,
2receivers, or the State of Illinois or any political
3subdivision of the State or governing body, but does not
4include the General Assembly of the State of Illinois or any
5individual employed by the General Assembly of the State of
6Illinois.
7    (l-5) "Policy-making employee" means any employee,
8regardless of job title, (1) whose function, either principally
9or otherwise, involves either administrative responsibility
10for the determination of policy or administrative
11responsibility for the way in which policies are carried out;
12(2) whose position is otherwise exempt from the requirements of
13the Rutan decision, including, but not limited to, (i) an
14employee who advises or renders opinions to a State agency head
15or an executive branch constitutional officer regarding
16matters of law or (ii) an employee who engages in crafting
17legislation, lobbying, or contacting General Assembly members
18on behalf of a State agency or an executive branch
19constitutional officer to influence the outcome of legislation
20before the General Assembly; or (3) whose position authorizes,
21either directly or indirectly, meaningful input into
22government decision-making on issues where there is room for
23principled disagreement on goals or their implementation.
24    (m) "Professional employee" means any employee engaged in
25work predominantly intellectual and varied in character rather
26than routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work;

 

 

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1involving the consistent exercise of discretion and adjustment
2in its performance; of such a character that the output
3produced or the result accomplished cannot be standardized in
4relation to a given period of time; and requiring advanced
5knowledge in a field of science or learning customarily
6acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual
7instruction and study in an institution of higher learning or a
8hospital, as distinguished from a general academic education or
9from apprenticeship or from training in the performance of
10routine mental, manual, or physical processes; or any employee
11who has completed the courses of specialized intellectual
12instruction and study prescribed in this subsection (m) and is
13performing related work under the supervision of a professional
14person to qualify to become a professional employee as defined
15in this subsection (m).
16    (n) "Public employee" or "employee", for the purposes of
17this Act, means any individual employed by a public employer,
18including (i) interns and residents at public hospitals, (ii)
19as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
20General Assembly, but not before, personal care attendants and
21personal assistants working under the Home Services Program
22under Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act,
23subject to the limitations set forth in this Act and in the
24Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, and (iii) as of the
25effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
26Assembly, but not before, child and day care home providers

 

 

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1participating in the child care assistance program under
2Section 9A-11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, subject to the
3limitations set forth in this Act and in Section 9A-11 of the
4Illinois Public Aid Code, but excluding all of the following:
5employees of the Office of the Governor; employees of the
6Governor's Office of Management and Budget; employees of the
7Office of the Lieutenant Governor; employees of the General
8Assembly of the State of Illinois; elected officials; executive
9heads of a department; members of boards or commissions; the
10Executive Inspectors General; any special Executive Inspectors
11General; employees of each Office of an Executive Inspector
12General; commissioners and employees of the Executive Ethics
13Commission; the Auditor General's Inspector General; employees
14of the Office of the Auditor General's Inspector General; the
15Legislative Inspector General; any special Legislative
16Inspectors General; employees of the Office of the Legislative
17Inspector General; commissioners and employees of the
18Legislative Ethics Commission; employees of any agency, board
19or commission created by this Act; employees appointed to State
20positions of a temporary or emergency nature; all employees of
21school districts and higher education institutions except
22firefighters and peace officers employed by a state university
23and except peace officers employed by a school district in its
24own police department in existence on the effective date of
25this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly; managerial
26employees; short-term employees; legislative liaisons; a

 

 

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1person who is a State employee under the jurisdiction of the
2Governor who holds the position classification of Senior Public
3Service Administrator; a person who is a State employee under
4the jurisdiction of the Office of the Attorney General who is
5licensed to practice law; a person who is a State employee
6under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Comptroller who
7holds the position of Pubic Service Administrator or whose
8position is otherwise exempt under the Comptroller Merit
9Employment Code; a person who is a State employee under the
10jurisdiction of the Secretary of State who holds the position
11classification of Executive I or higher or whose position is
12otherwise exempt under the Secretary of State Merit Employment
13Code; a person who is a State employee under the jurisdiction
14of the Treasurer who holds a position that is exempt from the
15State Treasurer Employment Code; State employees who were
16certified in a bargaining unit on or after July 1, 2009, who
17are completely exempt from jurisdiction B of the Personnel Code
18in Rutan-exempt positions; State employees who are completely
19exempt from jurisdiction B of the Personnel Code, or the
20Secretary of State Merit Employment Code, in Rutan-exempt
21positions on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22of the 96th General Assembly; term appointed State employees
23pursuant to Section 8b.18 and 8b.19 of the Personnel Code;
24policy-making employees; confidential employees; independent
25contractors; and supervisors except as provided in this Act.
26    Personal care attendants and personal assistants shall not

 

 

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1be considered public employees for any purposes not
2specifically provided for in the amendatory Act of the 93rd
3General Assembly, including but not limited to, purposes of
4vicarious liability in tort and purposes of statutory
5retirement or health insurance benefits. Personal care
6attendants and personal assistants shall not be covered by the
7State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 (5 ILCS 375/).
8    Child and day care home providers shall not be considered
9public employees for any purposes not specifically provided for
10in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, including
11but not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability in tort and
12purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits.
13Child and day care home providers shall not be covered by the
14State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
15    Notwithstanding Section 9, subsection (c), or any other
16provisions of this Act, all peace officers above the rank of
17captain in municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants
18shall be excluded from this Act.
19    (o) Except as otherwise in subsection (o-5), "public
20employer" or "employer" means the State of Illinois; any
21political subdivision of the State, unit of local government or
22school district; authorities including departments, divisions,
23bureaus, boards, commissions, or other agencies of the
24foregoing entities; and any person acting within the scope of
25his or her authority, express or implied, on behalf of those
26entities in dealing with its employees. As of the effective

 

 

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1date of the amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, but
2not before, the State of Illinois shall be considered the
3employer of the personal care attendants and personal
4assistants working under the Home Services Program under
5Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, subject
6to the limitations set forth in this Act and in the Disabled
7Persons Rehabilitation Act. The State shall not be considered
8to be the employer of personal care attendants and personal
9assistants for any purposes not specifically provided for in
10this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, including but
11not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability in tort and
12purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits.
13Personal care attendants and personal assistants shall not be
14covered by the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 (5
15ILCS 375/). As of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
16the 94th General Assembly but not before, the State of Illinois
17shall be considered the employer of the day and child care home
18providers participating in the child care assistance program
19under Section 9A-11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, subject to
20the limitations set forth in this Act and in Section 9A-11 of
21the Illinois Public Aid Code. The State shall not be considered
22to be the employer of child and day care home providers for any
23purposes not specifically provided for in this amendatory Act
24of the 94th General Assembly, including but not limited to,
25purposes of vicarious liability in tort and purposes of
26statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. Child and

 

 

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1day care home providers shall not be covered by the State
2Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
3    "Public employer" or "employer" as used in this Act,
4however, does not mean and shall not include the General
5Assembly of the State of Illinois, the Executive Ethics
6Commission, the Offices of the Executive Inspectors General,
7the Legislative Ethics Commission, the Office of the
8Legislative Inspector General, the Office of the Auditor
9General's Inspector General, and educational employers or
10employers as defined in the Illinois Educational Labor
11Relations Act, except with respect to a state university in its
12employment of firefighters and peace officers and except with
13respect to a school district in the employment of peace
14officers in its own police department in existence on the
15effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
16Assembly. County boards and county sheriffs shall be designated
17as joint or co-employers of county peace officers appointed
18under the authority of a county sheriff. Nothing in this
19subsection (o) shall be construed to prevent the State Panel or
20the Local Panel from determining that employers are joint or
21co-employers.
22    (o-5) With respect to wages, fringe benefits, hours,
23holidays, vacations, proficiency examinations, sick leave, and
24other conditions of employment, the public employer of public
25employees who are court reporters, as defined in the Court
26Reporters Act, shall be determined as follows:

 

 

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1        (1) For court reporters employed by the Cook County
2    Judicial Circuit, the chief judge of the Cook County
3    Circuit Court is the public employer and employer
4    representative.
5        (2) For court reporters employed by the 12th, 18th,
6    19th, and, on and after December 4, 2006, the 22nd judicial
7    circuits, a group consisting of the chief judges of those
8    circuits, acting jointly by majority vote, is the public
9    employer and employer representative.
10        (3) For court reporters employed by all other judicial
11    circuits, a group consisting of the chief judges of those
12    circuits, acting jointly by majority vote, is the public
13    employer and employer representative.
14    (p) "Security employee" means an employee who is
15responsible for the supervision and control of inmates at
16correctional facilities. The term also includes other
17non-security employees in bargaining units having the majority
18of employees being responsible for the supervision and control
19of inmates at correctional facilities.
20    (q) "Short-term employee" means an employee who is employed
21for less than 2 consecutive calendar quarters during a calendar
22year and who does not have a reasonable assurance that he or
23she will be rehired by the same employer for the same service
24in a subsequent calendar year.
25    (r) "Supervisor" is:
26        (1) An an employee whose principal work is

 

 

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1    substantially different from that of his or her
2    subordinates and who has authority, in the interest of the
3    employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall,
4    promote, discharge, direct, reward, or discipline
5    employees, to adjust their grievances, or to effectively
6    recommend any of those actions, if the exercise of that
7    authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature,
8    but requires the consistent use of independent judgment.
9    Except with respect to police employment, the term
10    "supervisor" includes only those individuals who devote a
11    preponderance of their employment time to exercising that
12    authority, State supervisors notwithstanding. In addition,
13    in determining supervisory status in police employment,
14    rank shall not be determinative. The Board shall consider,
15    as evidence of bargaining unit inclusion or exclusion, the
16    common law enforcement policies and relationships between
17    police officer ranks and certification under applicable
18    civil service law, ordinances, personnel codes, or
19    Division 2.1 of Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
20    but these factors shall not be the sole or predominant
21    factors considered by the Board in determining police
22    supervisory status.
23        Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding
24    paragraph, in determining supervisory status in fire
25    fighter employment, no fire fighter shall be excluded as a
26    supervisor who has established representation rights under

 

 

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1    Section 9 of this Act. Further, in new fire fighter units,
2    employees shall consist of fire fighters of the rank of
3    company officer and below. If a company officer otherwise
4    qualifies as a supervisor under the preceding paragraph,
5    however, he or she shall not be included in the fire
6    fighter unit. If there is no rank between that of chief and
7    the highest company officer, the employer may designate a
8    position on each shift as a Shift Commander, and the
9    persons occupying those positions shall be supervisors.
10    All other ranks above that of company officer shall be
11    supervisors.
12        (2) With respect only to State employees in positions
13    under the jurisdiction of the Governor, Lieutenant
14    Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
15    Comptroller, or Treasurer (i) that are filled or for which
16    a petition is filed with the Illinois Public Labor
17    Relations Board on or after the effective date of this
18    amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly or (ii) for
19    which a petition is pending before the Illinois Public
20    Labor Relations Board on that date, an employee who
21    qualifies as a supervisor under (A) Section 152 of the
22    National Labor Relations Act and (B) orders of the National
23    Labor Relations Board interpreting that provision or
24    decisions of courts reviewing decisions of the National
25    Labor Relations Board.
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1    held by employees whose collective interests may suitably
2    be represented by a labor organization for collective
3    bargaining. Except with respect to non-State fire fighters
4    and paramedics employed by fire departments and fire
5    protection districts, non-State peace officers, and peace
6    officers in the Department of State Police, a bargaining
7    unit determined by the Board shall not include both
8    employees and supervisors, or supervisors only, except as
9    provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (s) and except
10    for bargaining units in existence on July 1, 1984 (the
11    effective date of this Act). With respect to non-State fire
12    fighters and paramedics employed by fire departments and
13    fire protection districts, non-State peace officers, and
14    peace officers in the Department of State Police, a
15    bargaining unit determined by the Board shall not include
16    both supervisors and nonsupervisors, or supervisors only,
17    except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (s)
18    and except for bargaining units in existence on January 1,
19    1986 (the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985). A
20    bargaining unit determined by the Board to contain peace
21    officers shall contain no employees other than peace
22    officers unless otherwise agreed to by the employer and the
23    labor organization or labor organizations involved.
24    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a
25    bargaining unit, including a historical bargaining unit,
26    containing sworn peace officers of the Department of

 

 

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1    Natural Resources (formerly designated the Department of
2    Conservation) shall contain no employees other than such
3    sworn peace officers upon the effective date of this
4    amendatory Act of 1990 or upon the expiration date of any
5    collective bargaining agreement in effect upon the
6    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990 covering both
7    such sworn peace officers and other employees.
8        (2) Notwithstanding the exclusion of supervisors from
9    bargaining units as provided in paragraph (1) of this
10    subsection (s), a public employer may agree to permit its
11    supervisory employees to form bargaining units and may
12    bargain with those units. This Act shall apply if the
13    public employer chooses to bargain under this subsection.
14        (3) Public employees who are court reporters, as
15    defined in the Court Reporters Act, shall be divided into 3
16    units for collective bargaining purposes. One unit shall be
17    court reporters employed by the Cook County Judicial
18    Circuit; one unit shall be court reporters employed by the
19    12th, 18th, 19th, and, on and after December 4, 2006, the
20    22nd judicial circuits; and one unit shall be court
21    reporters employed by all other judicial circuits.
22(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1257, eff. 7-23-10.)
 
23    (5 ILCS 315/6)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1606)
24    Sec. 6. Right to organize and bargain collectively;
25exclusive representation; and fair share arrangements.

 

 

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1    (a) Employees of the State and any political subdivision of
2the State, excluding employees of the General Assembly of the
3State of Illinois, policy-making employees, and other
4employees specifically excluded from the definition of "public
5employee" under subsection (n) of Section 3 of this Act, have,
6and are protected in the exercise of, the right of
7self-organization, and may form, join or assist any labor
8organization, to bargain collectively through representatives
9of their own choosing on questions of wages, hours and other
10conditions of employment, not excluded by Section 4 of this
11Act, and to engage in other concerted activities not otherwise
12prohibited by law for the purposes of collective bargaining or
13other mutual aid or protection, free from interference,
14restraint or coercion. Employees also have, and are protected
15in the exercise of, the right to refrain from participating in
16any such concerted activities. Employees may be required,
17pursuant to the terms of a lawful fair share agreement, to pay
18a fee which shall be their proportionate share of the costs of
19the collective bargaining process, contract administration and
20pursuing matters affecting wages, hours and other conditions of
21employment as defined in Section 3(g).
22    (b) Nothing in this Act prevents an employee from
23presenting a grievance to the employer and having the grievance
24heard and settled without the intervention of an employee
25organization; provided that the exclusive bargaining
26representative is afforded the opportunity to be present at

 

 

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1such conference and that any settlement made shall not be
2inconsistent with the terms of any agreement in effect between
3the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative.
4    (c) A labor organization designated by the Board as the
5representative of the majority of public employees in an
6appropriate unit in accordance with the procedures herein or
7recognized by a public employer as the representative of the
8majority of public employees in an appropriate unit is the
9exclusive representative for the employees of such unit for the
10purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay,
11wages, hours and other conditions of employment not excluded by
12Section 4 of this Act. A public employer is required upon
13request to furnish the exclusive bargaining representative
14with a complete list of the names and addresses of the public
15employees in the bargaining unit, provided that a public
16employer shall not be required to furnish such a list more than
17once per payroll period. The exclusive bargaining
18representative shall use the list exclusively for bargaining
19representation purposes and shall not disclose any information
20contained in the list for any other purpose. Nothing in this
21Section, however, shall prohibit a bargaining representative
22from disseminating a list of its union members.
23    (d) Labor organizations recognized by a public employer as
24the exclusive representative or so designated in accordance
25with the provisions of this Act are responsible for
26representing the interests of all public employees in the unit.

 

 

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1Nothing herein shall be construed to limit an exclusive
2representative's right to exercise its discretion to refuse to
3process grievances of employees that are unmeritorious.
4    (e) When a collective bargaining agreement is entered into
5with an exclusive representative, it may include in the
6agreement a provision requiring employees covered by the
7agreement who are not members of the organization to pay their
8proportionate share of the costs of the collective bargaining
9process, contract administration and pursuing matters
10affecting wages, hours and conditions of employment, as defined
11in Section 3 (g), but not to exceed the amount of dues
12uniformly required of members. The organization shall certify
13to the employer the amount constituting each nonmember
14employee's proportionate share which shall not exceed dues
15uniformly required of members. In such case, the proportionate
16share payment in this Section shall be deducted by the employer
17from the earnings of the nonmember employees and paid to the
18employee organization.
19    (f) Only the exclusive representative may negotiate
20provisions in a collective bargaining agreement providing for
21the payroll deduction of labor organization dues, fair share
22payment, initiation fees and assessments. Except as provided in
23subsection (e) of this Section, any such deductions shall only
24be made upon an employee's written authorization, and continued
25until revoked in writing in the same manner or until the
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1agreement. Such payments shall be paid to the exclusive
2representative.
3    Where a collective bargaining agreement is terminated, or
4continues in effect beyond its scheduled expiration date
5pending the negotiation of a successor agreement or the
6resolution of an impasse under Section 14, the employer shall
7continue to honor and abide by any dues deduction or fair share
8clause contained therein until a new agreement is reached
9including dues deduction or a fair share clause. For the
10benefit of any successor exclusive representative certified
11under this Act, this provision shall be applicable, provided
12the successor exclusive representative:
13        (i) certifies to the employer the amount constituting
14    each non-member's proportionate share under subsection
15    (e); or
16        (ii) presents the employer with employee written
17    authorizations for the deduction of dues, assessments, and
18    fees under this subsection.
19    Failure to so honor and abide by dues deduction or fair
20share clauses for the benefit of any exclusive representative,
21including a successor, shall be a violation of the duty to
22bargain and an unfair labor practice.
23    (g) Agreements containing a fair share agreement must
24safeguard the right of nonassociation of employees based upon
25bona fide religious tenets or teachings of a church or
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1employees may be required to pay an amount equal to their fair
2share, determined under a lawful fair share agreement, to a
3nonreligious charitable organization mutually agreed upon by
4the employees affected and the exclusive bargaining
5representative to which such employees would otherwise pay such
6service fee. If the affected employees and the bargaining
7representative are unable to reach an agreement on the matter,
8the Board may establish an approved list of charitable
9organizations to which such payments may be made.
10(Source: P.A. 93-854, eff. 1-1-05; 94-472, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
11    Section 95. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
12severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.".