SB2039 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2039

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 315/3  from Ch. 48, par. 1603
5 ILCS 315/6  from Ch. 48, par. 1606

    Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Exempts legislative liaisons from the definition of public employee under the Act. Prohibits legislative liaisons from collectively bargaining. Defines "legislative liaison". Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Sections 3 and 6 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 315/3)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1603)
7    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8context otherwise requires:
9    (a) "Board" means the Illinois Labor Relations Board or,
10with respect to a matter over which the jurisdiction of the
11Board is assigned to the State Panel or the Local Panel under
12Section 5, the panel having jurisdiction over the matter.
13    (b) "Collective bargaining" means bargaining over terms
14and conditions of employment, including hours, wages, and other
15conditions of employment, as detailed in Section 7 and which
16are not excluded by Section 4.
17    (c) "Confidential employee" means an employee who, in the
18regular course of his or her duties, assists and acts in a
19confidential capacity to persons who formulate, determine, and
20effectuate management policies with regard to labor relations
21or who, in the regular course of his or her duties, has
22authorized access to information relating to the effectuation
23or review of the employer's collective bargaining policies.

 

 

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1    (d) "Craft employees" means skilled journeymen, crafts
2persons, and their apprentices and helpers.
3    (e) "Essential services employees" means those public
4employees performing functions so essential that the
5interruption or termination of the function will constitute a
6clear and present danger to the health and safety of the
7persons in the affected community.
8    (f) "Exclusive representative", except with respect to
9non-State fire fighters and paramedics employed by fire
10departments and fire protection districts, non-State peace
11officers, and peace officers in the Department of State Police,
12means the labor organization that has been (i) designated by
13the Board as the representative of a majority of public
14employees in an appropriate bargaining unit in accordance with
15the procedures contained in this Act, (ii) historically
16recognized by the State of Illinois or any political
17subdivision of the State before July 1, 1984 (the effective
18date of this Act) as the exclusive representative of the
19employees in an appropriate bargaining unit, (iii) after July
201, 1984 (the effective date of this Act) recognized by an
21employer upon evidence, acceptable to the Board, that the labor
22organization has been designated as the exclusive
23representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate
24bargaining unit; (iv) recognized as the exclusive
25representative of personal care attendants or personal
26assistants under Executive Order 2003-8 prior to the effective

 

 

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1date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, and
2the organization shall be considered to be the exclusive
3representative of the personal care attendants or personal
4assistants as defined in this Section; or (v) recognized as the
5exclusive representative of child and day care home providers,
6including licensed and license exempt providers, pursuant to an
7election held under Executive Order 2005-1 prior to the
8effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
9Assembly, and the organization shall be considered to be the
10exclusive representative of the child and day care home
11providers as defined in this Section.
12    With respect to non-State fire fighters and paramedics
13employed by fire departments and fire protection districts,
14non-State peace officers, and peace officers in the Department
15of State Police, "exclusive representative" means the labor
16organization that has been (i) designated by the Board as the
17representative of a majority of peace officers or fire fighters
18in an appropriate bargaining unit in accordance with the
19procedures contained in this Act, (ii) historically recognized
20by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision of the
21State before January 1, 1986 (the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of 1985) as the exclusive representative by a
23majority of the peace officers or fire fighters in an
24appropriate bargaining unit, or (iii) after January 1, 1986
25(the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985) recognized
26by an employer upon evidence, acceptable to the Board, that the

 

 

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1labor organization has been designated as the exclusive
2representative by a majority of the peace officers or fire
3fighters in an appropriate bargaining unit.
4    (g) "Fair share agreement" means an agreement between the
5employer and an employee organization under which all or any of
6the employees in a collective bargaining unit are required to
7pay their proportionate share of the costs of the collective
8bargaining process, contract administration, and pursuing
9matters affecting wages, hours, and other conditions of
10employment, but not to exceed the amount of dues uniformly
11required of members. The amount certified by the exclusive
12representative shall not include any fees for contributions
13related to the election or support of any candidate for
14political office. Nothing in this subsection (g) shall preclude
15an employee from making voluntary political contributions in
16conjunction with his or her fair share payment.
17    (g-1) "Fire fighter" means, for the purposes of this Act
18only, any person who has been or is hereafter appointed to a
19fire department or fire protection district or employed by a
20state university and sworn or commissioned to perform fire
21fighter duties or paramedic duties, except that the following
22persons are not included: part-time fire fighters, auxiliary,
23reserve or voluntary fire fighters, including paid on-call fire
24fighters, clerks and dispatchers or other civilian employees of
25a fire department or fire protection district who are not
26routinely expected to perform fire fighter duties, or elected

 

 

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1officials.
2    (g-2) "General Assembly of the State of Illinois" means the
3legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois,
4as provided for under Article IV of the Constitution of the
5State of Illinois, and includes but is not limited to the House
6of Representatives, the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
7Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
8Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Minority
9Leader of the Senate, the Joint Committee on Legislative
10Support Services and any legislative support services agency
11listed in the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of
121984.
13    (h) "Governing body" means, in the case of the State, the
14State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, the Director
15of the Department of Central Management Services, and the
16Director of the Department of Labor; the county board in the
17case of a county; the corporate authorities in the case of a
18municipality; and the appropriate body authorized to provide
19for expenditures of its funds in the case of any other unit of
20government.
21    (i) "Labor organization" means any organization in which
22public employees participate and that exists for the purpose,
23in whole or in part, of dealing with a public employer
24concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
25employment, including the settlement of grievances.
26    (i-5) "Legislative liaison" means a person who is an

 

 

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1employee of a department, division, agency, board, commission,
2or office under the jurisdiction of the Governor, Lieutenant
3Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller,
4or Treasurer and who communicates in the course of his or her
5employment with any official or staff of the legislative branch
6of State government for the purpose of influencing any
7legislative action.
8    (j) "Managerial employee" means an individual who is
9engaged predominantly in executive and management functions
10and is charged with the responsibility of directing the
11effectuation of management policies and practices.
12    (k) "Peace officer" means, for the purposes of this Act
13only, any persons who have been or are hereafter appointed to a
14police force, department, or agency and sworn or commissioned
15to perform police duties, except that the following persons are
16not included: part-time police officers, special police
17officers, auxiliary police as defined by Section 3.1-30-20 of
18the Illinois Municipal Code, night watchmen, "merchant
19police", court security officers as defined by Section 3-6012.1
20of the Counties Code, temporary employees, traffic guards or
21wardens, civilian parking meter and parking facilities
22personnel or other individuals specially appointed to aid or
23direct traffic at or near schools or public functions or to aid
24in civil defense or disaster, parking enforcement employees who
25are not commissioned as peace officers and who are not armed
26and who are not routinely expected to effect arrests, parking

 

 

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1lot attendants, clerks and dispatchers or other civilian
2employees of a police department who are not routinely expected
3to effect arrests, or elected officials.
4    (l) "Person" includes one or more individuals, labor
5organizations, public employees, associations, corporations,
6legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy,
7receivers, or the State of Illinois or any political
8subdivision of the State or governing body, but does not
9include the General Assembly of the State of Illinois or any
10individual employed by the General Assembly of the State of
11Illinois.
12    (m) "Professional employee" means any employee engaged in
13work predominantly intellectual and varied in character rather
14than routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work;
15involving the consistent exercise of discretion and adjustment
16in its performance; of such a character that the output
17produced or the result accomplished cannot be standardized in
18relation to a given period of time; and requiring advanced
19knowledge in a field of science or learning customarily
20acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual
21instruction and study in an institution of higher learning or a
22hospital, as distinguished from a general academic education or
23from apprenticeship or from training in the performance of
24routine mental, manual, or physical processes; or any employee
25who has completed the courses of specialized intellectual
26instruction and study prescribed in this subsection (m) and is

 

 

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1performing related work under the supervision of a professional
2person to qualify to become a professional employee as defined
3in this subsection (m).
4    (n) "Public employee" or "employee", for the purposes of
5this Act, means any individual employed by a public employer,
6including (i) interns and residents at public hospitals, (ii)
7as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
8General Assembly, but not before, personal care attendants and
9personal assistants working under the Home Services Program
10under Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act,
11subject to the limitations set forth in this Act and in the
12Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, and (iii) as of the
13effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
14Assembly, but not before, child and day care home providers
15participating in the child care assistance program under
16Section 9A-11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, subject to the
17limitations set forth in this Act and in Section 9A-11 of the
18Illinois Public Aid Code, but excluding all of the following:
19employees of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois;
20elected officials; executive heads of a department; members of
21boards or commissions; the Executive Inspectors General; any
22special Executive Inspectors General; employees of each Office
23of an Executive Inspector General; commissioners and employees
24of the Executive Ethics Commission; the Auditor General's
25Inspector General; employees of the Office of the Auditor
26General's Inspector General; the Legislative Inspector

 

 

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1General; any special Legislative Inspectors General; employees
2of the Office of the Legislative Inspector General;
3commissioners and employees of the Legislative Ethics
4Commission; employees of any agency, board or commission
5created by this Act; employees appointed to State positions of
6a temporary or emergency nature; all employees of school
7districts and higher education institutions except
8firefighters and peace officers employed by a state university
9and except peace officers employed by a school district in its
10own police department in existence on the effective date of
11this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly; managerial
12employees; short-term employees; legislative liaisons;
13confidential employees; independent contractors; and
14supervisors except as provided in this Act.
15    Personal care attendants and personal assistants shall not
16be considered public employees for any purposes not
17specifically provided for in the amendatory Act of the 93rd
18General Assembly, including but not limited to, purposes of
19vicarious liability in tort and purposes of statutory
20retirement or health insurance benefits. Personal care
21attendants and personal assistants shall not be covered by the
22State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 (5 ILCS 375/).
23    Child and day care home providers shall not be considered
24public employees for any purposes not specifically provided for
25in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, including
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1purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits.
2Child and day care home providers shall not be covered by the
3State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
4    Notwithstanding Section 9, subsection (c), or any other
5provisions of this Act, all peace officers above the rank of
6captain in municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants
7shall be excluded from this Act.
8    (o) Except as otherwise in subsection (o-5), "public
9employer" or "employer" means the State of Illinois; any
10political subdivision of the State, unit of local government or
11school district; authorities including departments, divisions,
12bureaus, boards, commissions, or other agencies of the
13foregoing entities; and any person acting within the scope of
14his or her authority, express or implied, on behalf of those
15entities in dealing with its employees. As of the effective
16date of the amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, but
17not before, the State of Illinois shall be considered the
18employer of the personal care attendants and personal
19assistants working under the Home Services Program under
20Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, subject
21to the limitations set forth in this Act and in the Disabled
22Persons Rehabilitation Act. The State shall not be considered
23to be the employer of personal care attendants and personal
24assistants for any purposes not specifically provided for in
25this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, including but
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1purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits.
2Personal care attendants and personal assistants shall not be
3covered by the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 (5
4ILCS 375/). As of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
5the 94th General Assembly but not before, the State of Illinois
6shall be considered the employer of the day and child care home
7providers participating in the child care assistance program
8under Section 9A-11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, subject to
9the limitations set forth in this Act and in Section 9A-11 of
10the Illinois Public Aid Code. The State shall not be considered
11to be the employer of child and day care home providers for any
12purposes not specifically provided for in this amendatory Act
13of the 94th General Assembly, including but not limited to,
14purposes of vicarious liability in tort and purposes of
15statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. Child and
16day care home providers shall not be covered by the State
17Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
18    "Public employer" or "employer" as used in this Act,
19however, does not mean and shall not include the General
20Assembly of the State of Illinois, the Executive Ethics
21Commission, the Offices of the Executive Inspectors General,
22the Legislative Ethics Commission, the Office of the
23Legislative Inspector General, the Office of the Auditor
24General's Inspector General, and educational employers or
25employers as defined in the Illinois Educational Labor
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1employment of firefighters and peace officers and except with
2respect to a school district in the employment of peace
3officers in its own police department in existence on the
4effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
5Assembly. County boards and county sheriffs shall be designated
6as joint or co-employers of county peace officers appointed
7under the authority of a county sheriff. Nothing in this
8subsection (o) shall be construed to prevent the State Panel or
9the Local Panel from determining that employers are joint or
10co-employers.
11    (o-5) With respect to wages, fringe benefits, hours,
12holidays, vacations, proficiency examinations, sick leave, and
13other conditions of employment, the public employer of public
14employees who are court reporters, as defined in the Court
15Reporters Act, shall be determined as follows:
16        (1) For court reporters employed by the Cook County
17    Judicial Circuit, the chief judge of the Cook County
18    Circuit Court is the public employer and employer
19    representative.
20        (2) For court reporters employed by the 12th, 18th,
21    19th, and, on and after December 4, 2006, the 22nd judicial
22    circuits, a group consisting of the chief judges of those
23    circuits, acting jointly by majority vote, is the public
24    employer and employer representative.
25        (3) For court reporters employed by all other judicial
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1    circuits, acting jointly by majority vote, is the public
2    employer and employer representative.
3    (p) "Security employee" means an employee who is
4responsible for the supervision and control of inmates at
5correctional facilities. The term also includes other
6non-security employees in bargaining units having the majority
7of employees being responsible for the supervision and control
8of inmates at correctional facilities.
9    (q) "Short-term employee" means an employee who is employed
10for less than 2 consecutive calendar quarters during a calendar
11year and who does not have a reasonable assurance that he or
12she will be rehired by the same employer for the same service
13in a subsequent calendar year.
14    (r) "Supervisor" is an employee whose principal work is
15substantially different from that of his or her subordinates
16and who has authority, in the interest of the employer, to
17hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge,
18direct, reward, or discipline employees, to adjust their
19grievances, or to effectively recommend any of those actions,
20if the exercise of that authority is not of a merely routine or
21clerical nature, but requires the consistent use of independent
22judgment. Except with respect to police employment, the term
23"supervisor" includes only those individuals who devote a
24preponderance of their employment time to exercising that
25authority, State supervisors notwithstanding. In addition, in
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1shall not be determinative. The Board shall consider, as
2evidence of bargaining unit inclusion or exclusion, the common
3law enforcement policies and relationships between police
4officer ranks and certification under applicable civil service
5law, ordinances, personnel codes, or Division 2.1 of Article 10
6of the Illinois Municipal Code, but these factors shall not be
7the sole or predominant factors considered by the Board in
8determining police supervisory status.
9    Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph,
10in determining supervisory status in fire fighter employment,
11no fire fighter shall be excluded as a supervisor who has
12established representation rights under Section 9 of this Act.
13Further, in new fire fighter units, employees shall consist of
14fire fighters of the rank of company officer and below. If a
15company officer otherwise qualifies as a supervisor under the
16preceding paragraph, however, he or she shall not be included
17in the fire fighter unit. If there is no rank between that of
18chief and the highest company officer, the employer may
19designate a position on each shift as a Shift Commander, and
20the persons occupying those positions shall be supervisors. All
21other ranks above that of company officer shall be supervisors.
22    (s) (1) "Unit" means a class of jobs or positions that are
23    held by employees whose collective interests may suitably
24    be represented by a labor organization for collective
25    bargaining. Except with respect to non-State fire fighters
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1    protection districts, non-State peace officers, and peace
2    officers in the Department of State Police, a bargaining
3    unit determined by the Board shall not include both
4    employees and supervisors, or supervisors only, except as
5    provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (s) and except
6    for bargaining units in existence on July 1, 1984 (the
7    effective date of this Act). With respect to non-State fire
8    fighters and paramedics employed by fire departments and
9    fire protection districts, non-State peace officers, and
10    peace officers in the Department of State Police, a
11    bargaining unit determined by the Board shall not include
12    both supervisors and nonsupervisors, or supervisors only,
13    except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (s)
14    and except for bargaining units in existence on January 1,
15    1986 (the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985). A
16    bargaining unit determined by the Board to contain peace
17    officers shall contain no employees other than peace
18    officers unless otherwise agreed to by the employer and the
19    labor organization or labor organizations involved.
20    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a
21    bargaining unit, including a historical bargaining unit,
22    containing sworn peace officers of the Department of
23    Natural Resources (formerly designated the Department of
24    Conservation) shall contain no employees other than such
25    sworn peace officers upon the effective date of this
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1    collective bargaining agreement in effect upon the
2    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990 covering both
3    such sworn peace officers and other employees.
4        (2) Notwithstanding the exclusion of supervisors from
5    bargaining units as provided in paragraph (1) of this
6    subsection (s), a public employer may agree to permit its
7    supervisory employees to form bargaining units and may
8    bargain with those units. This Act shall apply if the
9    public employer chooses to bargain under this subsection.
10        (3) Public employees who are court reporters, as
11    defined in the Court Reporters Act, shall be divided into 3
12    units for collective bargaining purposes. One unit shall be
13    court reporters employed by the Cook County Judicial
14    Circuit; one unit shall be court reporters employed by the
15    12th, 18th, 19th, and, on and after December 4, 2006, the
16    22nd judicial circuits; and one unit shall be court
17    reporters employed by all other judicial circuits.
18(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1257, eff. 7-23-10.)
 
19    (5 ILCS 315/6)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1606)
20    Sec. 6. Right to organize and bargain collectively;
21exclusive representation; and fair share arrangements.
22    (a) Employees of the State and any political subdivision of
23the State, excluding legislative liaisons and employees of the
24General Assembly of the State of Illinois, have, and are
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1and may form, join or assist any labor organization, to bargain
2collectively through representatives of their own choosing on
3questions of wages, hours and other conditions of employment,
4not excluded by Section 4 of this Act, and to engage in other
5concerted activities not otherwise prohibited by law for the
6purposes of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or
7protection, free from interference, restraint or coercion.
8Employees also have, and are protected in the exercise of, the
9right to refrain from participating in any such concerted
10activities. Employees may be required, pursuant to the terms of
11a lawful fair share agreement, to pay a fee which shall be
12their proportionate share of the costs of the collective
13bargaining process, contract administration and pursuing
14matters affecting wages, hours and other conditions of
15employment as defined in Section 3(g).
16    (b) Nothing in this Act prevents an employee from
17presenting a grievance to the employer and having the grievance
18heard and settled without the intervention of an employee
19organization; provided that the exclusive bargaining
20representative is afforded the opportunity to be present at
21such conference and that any settlement made shall not be
22inconsistent with the terms of any agreement in effect between
23the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative.
24    (c) A labor organization designated by the Board as the
25representative of the majority of public employees in an
26appropriate unit in accordance with the procedures herein or

 

 

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1recognized by a public employer as the representative of the
2majority of public employees in an appropriate unit is the
3exclusive representative for the employees of such unit for the
4purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay,
5wages, hours and other conditions of employment not excluded by
6Section 4 of this Act. A public employer is required upon
7request to furnish the exclusive bargaining representative
8with a complete list of the names and addresses of the public
9employees in the bargaining unit, provided that a public
10employer shall not be required to furnish such a list more than
11once per payroll period. The exclusive bargaining
12representative shall use the list exclusively for bargaining
13representation purposes and shall not disclose any information
14contained in the list for any other purpose. Nothing in this
15Section, however, shall prohibit a bargaining representative
16from disseminating a list of its union members.
17    (d) Labor organizations recognized by a public employer as
18the exclusive representative or so designated in accordance
19with the provisions of this Act are responsible for
20representing the interests of all public employees in the unit.
21Nothing herein shall be construed to limit an exclusive
22representative's right to exercise its discretion to refuse to
23process grievances of employees that are unmeritorious.
24    (e) When a collective bargaining agreement is entered into
25with an exclusive representative, it may include in the
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1agreement who are not members of the organization to pay their
2proportionate share of the costs of the collective bargaining
3process, contract administration and pursuing matters
4affecting wages, hours and conditions of employment, as defined
5in Section 3 (g), but not to exceed the amount of dues
6uniformly required of members. The organization shall certify
7to the employer the amount constituting each nonmember
8employee's proportionate share which shall not exceed dues
9uniformly required of members. In such case, the proportionate
10share payment in this Section shall be deducted by the employer
11from the earnings of the nonmember employees and paid to the
12employee organization.
13    (f) Only the exclusive representative may negotiate
14provisions in a collective bargaining agreement providing for
15the payroll deduction of labor organization dues, fair share
16payment, initiation fees and assessments. Except as provided in
17subsection (e) of this Section, any such deductions shall only
18be made upon an employee's written authorization, and continued
19until revoked in writing in the same manner or until the
20termination date of an applicable collective bargaining
21agreement. Such payments shall be paid to the exclusive
22representative.
23    Where a collective bargaining agreement is terminated, or
24continues in effect beyond its scheduled expiration date
25pending the negotiation of a successor agreement or the
26resolution of an impasse under Section 14, the employer shall

 

 

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1continue to honor and abide by any dues deduction or fair share
2clause contained therein until a new agreement is reached
3including dues deduction or a fair share clause. For the
4benefit of any successor exclusive representative certified
5under this Act, this provision shall be applicable, provided
6the successor exclusive representative:
7        (i) certifies to the employer the amount constituting
8    each non-member's proportionate share under subsection
9    (e); or
10        (ii) presents the employer with employee written
11    authorizations for the deduction of dues, assessments, and
12    fees under this subsection.
13    Failure to so honor and abide by dues deduction or fair
14share clauses for the benefit of any exclusive representative,
15including a successor, shall be a violation of the duty to
16bargain and an unfair labor practice.
17    (g) Agreements containing a fair share agreement must
18safeguard the right of nonassociation of employees based upon
19bona fide religious tenets or teachings of a church or
20religious body of which such employees are members. Such
21employees may be required to pay an amount equal to their fair
22share, determined under a lawful fair share agreement, to a
23nonreligious charitable organization mutually agreed upon by
24the employees affected and the exclusive bargaining
25representative to which such employees would otherwise pay such
26service fee. If the affected employees and the bargaining

 

 

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1representative are unable to reach an agreement on the matter,
2the Board may establish an approved list of charitable
3organizations to which such payments may be made.
4(Source: P.A. 93-854, eff. 1-1-05; 94-472, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.