102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2448

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Mattie Hunter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 315/4  from Ch. 48, par. 1604

    Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that, regarding peace officers, employers shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to wages only, and shall not be required to bargain collectively concerning hours and terms and conditions of employment.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 315/4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1604)
7    (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
8which has been held unconstitutional)
9    Sec. 4. Management Rights. Employers shall not be
10required to bargain over matters of inherent managerial
11policy, which shall include such areas of discretion or policy
12as the functions of the employer, standards of services, its
13overall budget, the organizational structure and selection of
14new employees, examination techniques and direction of
15employees. Employers, however, shall be required to bargain
16collectively with regard to policy matters directly affecting
17wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment as well as
18the impact thereon upon request by employee representatives,
19except as provided in Section 7.5.
20    To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive
21representatives which have established collective bargaining
22relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
23prior to the effective date of this Act, employers shall be

 

 

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1required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
2concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about
3which they have bargained for and agreed to in a collective
4bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of this Act,
5except as provided in Section 7.5.
6    The chief judge of the judicial circuit that employs a
7public employee who is a court reporter, as defined in the
8Court Reporters Act, has the authority to hire, appoint,
9promote, evaluate, discipline, and discharge court reporters
10within that judicial circuit.
11    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 94th General
12Assembly shall be construed to intrude upon the judicial
13functions of any court. This amendatory Act of the 94th
14General Assembly applies only to nonjudicial administrative
15matters relating to the collective bargaining rights of court
16reporters.
17(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
18    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
19which has been held unconstitutional)
20    Sec. 4. Management Rights. Employers shall not be required
21to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy, which
22shall include such areas of discretion or policy as the
23functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
24budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
25employees, examination techniques and direction of employees.

 

 

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1Employers, however, shall be required to bargain collectively
2with regard to policy matters directly affecting wages, hours
3and terms and conditions of employment as well as the impact
4thereon upon request by employee representatives.
5    To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive
6representatives which have established collective bargaining
7relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
8prior to the effective date of this Act, employers shall be
9required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
10concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about
11which they have bargained for and agreed to in a collective
12bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of this Act.
13    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
14regarding peace officers, employers shall be required to
15bargain collectively with regard to wages only, and shall not
16be required to bargain collectively concerning hours and terms
17and conditions of employment.
18    The chief judge of the judicial circuit that employs a
19public employee who is a court reporter, as defined in the
20Court Reporters Act, has the authority to hire, appoint,
21promote, evaluate, discipline, and discharge court reporters
22within that judicial circuit.
23    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 94th General
24Assembly shall be construed to intrude upon the judicial
25functions of any court. This amendatory Act of the 94th
26General Assembly applies only to nonjudicial administrative

 

 

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1matters relating to the collective bargaining rights of court
2reporters.
3(Source: P.A. 94-98, eff. 7-1-05.)