103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3647

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 315/11  from Ch. 48, par. 1611
5 ILCS 315/11.5 new
5 ILCS 315/14  from Ch. 48, par. 1614

    Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Illinois PRO Act. Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that the Illinois Labor Relations Board shall determine whether refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with a labor organization that is the exclusive representative of public employees in an appropriate unit, including, but not limited to, the discussing of grievances with the exclusive representative, was of a serious enough nature that it undermined or significantly impacted the collective bargaining process such that other traditional remedies may not remedy the violation if the Board is unable to order a make-whole remedy. Sets forth standards to make the determination and the option to order impasse arbitration. Provides that parties continue to have a duty to engage in good faith bargaining during the pendency of impasse arbitration procedures. Provides that the Board shall have authority to order make-whole relief, including, but not limited to, consequential damages and front pay for injuries suffered by employees or a labor organization as a result of an unfair labor practice. Provides that violators may also be subject to liquidated damages in an amount equal to any monetary make-whole relief ordered by the Board unless the employer can show it acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to believe it was acting in compliance in the Act.


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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 1. This Act may be referred to as the Illinois PRO
5Act.
 
6    Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
7amended by changing Sections 11 and 14 and by adding Section
811.5 as follows:
 
9    (5 ILCS 315/11)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1611)
10    Sec. 11. Unfair labor practice procedures. Unfair labor
11practices may be dealt with by the Board in the following
12manner:
13    (a) Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in
14or is engaging in any unfair labor practice, the Board or any
15agent designated by the Board for such purposes, shall conduct
16an investigation of the charge. If after such investigation
17the Board finds that the charge involves a dispositive issue
18of law or fact the Board shall issue a complaint and cause to
19be served upon the person a complaint stating the charges,
20accompanied by a notice of hearing before the Board or a member
21thereof designated by the Board, or before a qualified hearing
22officer designated by the Board at the offices of the Board or

 

 

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1such other location as the Board deems appropriate, not less
2than 5 days after serving of such complaint provided that no
3complaint shall issue based upon any unfair labor practice
4occurring more than six months prior to the filing of a charge
5with the Board and the service of a copy thereof upon the
6person against whom the charge is made, unless the person
7aggrieved thereby did not reasonably have knowledge of the
8alleged unfair labor practice or was prevented from filing
9such a charge by reason of service in the armed forces, in
10which event the six month period shall be computed from the
11date of his discharge. Any such complaint may be amended by the
12member or hearing officer conducting the hearing for the Board
13in his discretion at any time prior to the issuance of an order
14based thereon. The person who is the subject of the complaint
15has the right to file an answer to the original or amended
16complaint and to appear in person or by a representative and
17give testimony at the place and time fixed in the complaint. In
18the discretion of the member or hearing officer conducting the
19hearing or the Board, any other person may be allowed to
20intervene in the proceeding and to present testimony. In any
21hearing conducted by the Board, neither the Board nor the
22member or agent conducting the hearing shall be bound by the
23rules of evidence applicable to courts, except as to the rules
24of privilege recognized by law.
25    (b) The Board shall have the power to issue subpoenas and
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1appear or testify or to produce books, papers and records
2pursuant to the issuance of a subpoena by the Board, the Board
3may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to request that
4such party be ordered to appear before the Board to testify or
5produce the requested evidence.
6    (c) Any testimony taken by the Board, or a member
7designated by the Board or a hearing officer thereof, must be
8reduced to writing and filed with the Board. A full and
9complete record shall be kept of all proceedings before the
10Board, and all proceedings shall be transcribed by a reporter
11appointed by the Board. The party on whom the burden of proof
12rests shall be required to sustain such burden by a
13preponderance of the evidence. If, upon a preponderance of the
14evidence taken, the Board is of the opinion that any person
15named in the charge has engaged in or is engaging in an unfair
16labor practice, then it shall state its findings of fact and
17shall issue and cause to be served upon the person an order
18requiring him to cease and desist from the unfair labor
19practice, and to take such affirmative action, including
20reinstatement of public employees with or without back pay, as
21will effectuate the policies of this Act. If the Board awards
22back pay, it shall also award interest at the rate of 7% per
23annum. The Board's order may further require the person to
24make reports from time to time, and demonstrate the extent to
25which he has complied with the order. If there is no
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1person named in the charge has engaged in or is engaging in the
2unfair labor practice, then the Board shall state its findings
3of fact and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint. The
4Board's order may in its discretion also include an
5appropriate sanction, based on the Board's rules and
6regulations, and the sanction may include an order to pay the
7other party or parties' reasonable expenses including costs
8and reasonable attorney's fee, if the other party has made
9allegations or denials without reasonable cause and found to
10be untrue or has engaged in frivolous litigation for the
11purpose of delay or needless increase in the cost of
12litigation; the State of Illinois or any agency thereof shall
13be subject to the provisions of this sentence in the same
14manner as any other party. The Board shall determine whether a
15violation of paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Section 10 was
16of a serious enough nature that it may have frustrated the
17purposes of this Act by undermining or significantly impacting
18the collective bargaining process such that other traditional
19remedies may not remedy the violation if the Board is unable to
20order a make-whole remedy. Reasons for such a determination
21include the passage of time, that the violation was of a nature
22that could undermine support for a labor organization, or that
23the violation may otherwise undermine the labor organization's
24bargaining strength. Should the Board make such a
25determination that the violation frustrated the purposes of
26this Act, the Board shall include the availability of interest

 

 

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1arbitration in its order and, upon request of the charging
2party, the parties must participate in the impasse arbitration
3procedures set forth in Section 14, except that: (i) the right
4to strike shall not be considered waived pursuant to Section
517 until the actual convening of the arbitration hearing and
6(ii) the commencement of a new fiscal year shall not be deemed
7to impair the jurisdiction or authority of the arbitration
8panel or its decision. The parties continue to have a duty to
9engage in good faith bargaining during the pendency of impasse
10arbitration procedures.
11    (d) Until the record in a case has been filed in court, the
12Board at any time, upon reasonable notice and in such manner as
13it deems proper, may modify or set aside, in whole or in part,
14any finding or order made or issued by it.
15    (e) A charging party or any person aggrieved by a final
16order of the Board granting or denying in whole or in part the
17relief sought may apply for and obtain judicial review of an
18order of the Board entered under this Act, in accordance with
19the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as now or
20hereafter amended, except that such judicial review shall be
21afforded directly in the appellate court for the district in
22which the aggrieved party resides or transacts business, and
23provided, that such judicial review shall not be available for
24the purpose of challenging a final order issued by the Board
25pursuant to Section 9 of this Act for which judicial review has
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1direct appeal to the Appellate Court shall be filed within 35
2days from the date that a copy of the decision sought to be
3reviewed was served upon the party affected by the decision.
4The filing of such an appeal to the Appellate Court shall not
5automatically stay the enforcement of the Board's order. An
6aggrieved party may apply to the Appellate Court for a stay of
7the enforcement of the Board's order after the aggrieved party
8has followed the procedure prescribed by Supreme Court Rule
9335. The Board in proceedings under this Section may obtain an
10order of the court for the enforcement of its order.
11    (f) Whenever it appears that any person has violated a
12final order of the Board issued pursuant to this Section, the
13Board must commence an action in the name of the People of the
14State of Illinois by petition, alleging the violation,
15attaching a copy of the order of the Board, and praying for the
16issuance of an order directing the person, his officers,
17agents, servants, successors, and assigns to comply with the
18order of the Board. The Board shall be represented in this
19action by the Attorney General in accordance with the Attorney
20General Act. The court may grant or refuse, in whole or in
21part, the relief sought, provided that the court may stay an
22order of the Board in accordance with the Administrative
23Review Law, pending disposition of the proceedings. The court
24may punish a violation of its order as in civil contempt.
25    (g) The proceedings provided in paragraph (f) of this
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1district where the unfair labor practice which is the subject
2of the Board's order was committed, or where a person required
3to cease and desist by such order resides or transacts
4business.
5    (h) The Board through the Attorney General, shall have
6power, upon issuance of an unfair labor practice complaint
7alleging that a person has engaged in or is engaging in an
8unfair labor practice, to petition the circuit court where the
9alleged unfair labor practice which is the subject of the
10Board's complaint was allegedly committed, or where a person
11required to cease and desist from such alleged unfair labor
12practice resides or transacts business, for appropriate
13temporary relief or restraining order. Upon the filing of any
14such petition, the court shall cause notice thereof to be
15served upon such persons, and thereupon shall have
16jurisdiction to grant to the Board such temporary relief or
17restraining order as it deems just and proper.
18    (i) If an unfair labor practice charge involves the
19interpretation or application of a collective bargaining
20agreement and said agreement contains a grievance procedure
21with binding arbitration as its terminal step, the Board may
22defer the resolution of such dispute to the grievance and
23arbitration procedure contained in said agreement.
24(Source: P.A. 100-516, eff. 9-22-17.)
 
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1    Sec. 11.5. Make-whole relief.
2    (a) The Board may order make-whole relief, including, but
3not limited to, consequential damages and front pay for
4injuries suffered by employees or a labor organization as a
5result of an unfair labor practice. In determining appropriate
6relief for a violation of paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
7Section 10 serious enough to have frustrated the purposes of
8the Act and that may have undermined or significantly impacted
9the collective bargaining process, the Board shall take into
10consideration factors that normally determine the outcome of
11collective bargaining when such bargaining has been conducted
12in good faith.
13    (b) Violators of subsection (a) of Section 10 shall also
14be subject to liquidated damages in an amount equal to any
15monetary make-whole relief ordered by the Board unless the
16employer can show it acted in good faith and had reasonable
17grounds to believe it was acting in compliance with this Act.
 
18    (5 ILCS 315/14)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1614)
19    Sec. 14. Security employee, peace officer and fire fighter
20disputes.
21    (a) In the case of collective bargaining agreements
22involving units of security employees of a public employer,
23Peace Officer Units, or units of fire fighters or paramedics,
24and in the case of disputes under Sections 11 and Section 18,
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1mediation shall commence 30 days prior to the expiration date
2of such agreement or at such later time as the mediation
3services chosen under subsection (b) of Section 12 can be
4provided to the parties. In the case of negotiations for an
5initial collective bargaining agreement, mediation shall
6commence upon 15 days notice from either party or at such later
7time as the mediation services chosen pursuant to subsection
8(b) of Section 12 can be provided to the parties. In mediation
9under this Section, if either party requests the use of
10mediation services from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
11Service, the other party shall either join in such request or
12bear the additional cost of mediation services from another
13source. The mediator shall have a duty to keep the Board
14informed on the progress of the mediation. If any dispute has
15not been resolved within 15 days after the first meeting of the
16parties and the mediator, or within such other time limit as
17may be mutually agreed upon by the parties, either the
18exclusive representative or employer may request of the other,
19in writing, arbitration, and shall submit a copy of the
20request to the Board.
21    (b) Within 10 days after such a request for arbitration
22has been made, the employer shall choose a delegate and the
23employees' exclusive representative shall choose a delegate to
24a panel of arbitration as provided in this Section. The
25employer and employees shall forthwith advise the other and
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1    (c) Within 7 days after the request of either party, the
2parties shall request a panel of impartial arbitrators from
3which they shall select the neutral chairman according to the
4procedures provided in this Section. If the parties have
5agreed to a contract that contains a grievance resolution
6procedure as provided in Section 8, the chairman shall be
7selected using their agreed contract procedure unless they
8mutually agree to another procedure. If the parties fail to
9notify the Board of their selection of neutral chairman within
107 days after receipt of the list of impartial arbitrators, the
11Board shall appoint, at random, a neutral chairman from the
12list. In the absence of an agreed contract procedure for
13selecting an impartial arbitrator, either party may request a
14panel from the Board. Within 7 days of the request of either
15party, the Board shall select from the Public Employees Labor
16Mediation Roster 7 persons who are on the labor arbitration
17panels of either the American Arbitration Association or the
18Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, or who are members
19of the National Academy of Arbitrators, as nominees for
20impartial arbitrator of the arbitration panel. The parties may
21select an individual on the list provided by the Board or any
22other individual mutually agreed upon by the parties. Within 7
23days following the receipt of the list, the parties shall
24notify the Board of the person they have selected. Unless the
25parties agree on an alternate selection procedure, they shall
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1Board until only one name remains. A coin toss shall determine
2which party shall strike the first name. If the parties fail to
3notify the Board in a timely manner of their selection for
4neutral chairman, the Board shall appoint a neutral chairman
5from the Illinois Public Employees Mediation/Arbitration
6Roster.
7    (d) The chairman shall call a hearing to begin within 15
8days and give reasonable notice of the time and place of the
9hearing. The hearing shall be held at the offices of the Board
10or at such other location as the Board deems appropriate. The
11chairman shall preside over the hearing and shall take
12testimony. Any oral or documentary evidence and other data
13deemed relevant by the arbitration panel may be received in
14evidence. The proceedings shall be informal. Technical rules
15of evidence shall not apply and the competency of the evidence
16shall not thereby be deemed impaired. A verbatim record of the
17proceedings shall be made and the arbitrator shall arrange for
18the necessary recording service. Transcripts may be ordered at
19the expense of the party ordering them, but the transcripts
20shall not be necessary for a decision by the arbitration
21panel. The expense of the proceedings, including a fee for the
22chairman, shall be borne equally by each of the parties to the
23dispute. The delegates, if public officers or employees, shall
24continue on the payroll of the public employer without loss of
25pay. The hearing conducted by the arbitration panel may be
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1the parties, shall be concluded within 30 days of the time of
2its commencement. Majority actions and rulings shall
3constitute the actions and rulings of the arbitration panel.
4Arbitration proceedings under this Section shall not be
5interrupted or terminated by reason of any unfair labor
6practice charge filed by either party at any time.
7    (e) The arbitration panel may administer oaths, require
8the attendance of witnesses, and the production of such books,
9papers, contracts, agreements and documents as may be deemed
10by it material to a just determination of the issues in
11dispute, and for such purpose may issue subpoenas. If any
12person refuses to obey a subpoena, or refuses to be sworn or to
13testify, or if any witness, party or attorney is guilty of any
14contempt while in attendance at any hearing, the arbitration
15panel may, or the attorney general if requested shall, invoke
16the aid of any circuit court within the jurisdiction in which
17the hearing is being held, which court shall issue an
18appropriate order. Any failure to obey the order may be
19punished by the court as contempt.
20    (f) At any time before the rendering of an award, the
21chairman of the arbitration panel, if he is of the opinion that
22it would be useful or beneficial to do so, may remand the
23dispute to the parties for further collective bargaining for a
24period not to exceed 2 weeks. If the dispute is remanded for
25further collective bargaining the time provisions of this Act
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1remand. The chairman of the panel of arbitration shall notify
2the Board of the remand.
3    (g) At or before the conclusion of the hearing held
4pursuant to subsection (d), the arbitration panel shall
5identify the economic issues in dispute, and direct each of
6the parties to submit, within such time limit as the panel
7shall prescribe, to the arbitration panel and to each other
8its last offer of settlement on each economic issue. The
9determination of the arbitration panel as to the issues in
10dispute and as to which of these issues are economic shall be
11conclusive. The arbitration panel, within 30 days after the
12conclusion of the hearing, or such further additional periods
13to which the parties may agree, shall make written findings of
14fact and promulgate a written opinion and shall mail or
15otherwise deliver a true copy thereof to the parties and their
16representatives and to the Board. As to each economic issue,
17the arbitration panel shall adopt the last offer of settlement
18which, in the opinion of the arbitration panel, more nearly
19complies with the applicable factors prescribed in subsection
20(h). The findings, opinions and order as to all other issues
21shall be based upon the applicable factors prescribed in
22subsection (h).
23    (h) Where there is no agreement between the parties, or
24where there is an agreement but the parties have begun
25negotiations or discussions looking to a new agreement or
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1conditions of employment under the proposed new or amended
2agreement are in dispute, the arbitration panel shall base its
3findings, opinions and order upon the following factors, as
4applicable:
5        (1) The lawful authority of the employer.
6        (2) Stipulations of the parties.
7        (3) The interests and welfare of the public and the
8    financial ability of the unit of government to meet those
9    costs.
10        (4) Comparison of the wages, hours and conditions of
11    employment of the employees involved in the arbitration
12    proceeding with the wages, hours and conditions of
13    employment of other employees performing similar services
14    and with other employees generally:
15            (A) In public employment in comparable
16        communities.
17            (B) In private employment in comparable
18        communities.
19        (5) The average consumer prices for goods and
20    services, commonly known as the cost of living.
21        (6) The overall compensation presently received by the
22    employees, including direct wage compensation, vacations,
23    holidays and other excused time, insurance and pensions,
24    medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and
25    stability of employment and all other benefits received.
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1    during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings.
2        (8) Such other factors, not confined to the foregoing,
3    which are normally or traditionally taken into
4    consideration in the determination of wages, hours and
5    conditions of employment through voluntary collective
6    bargaining, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration or
7    otherwise between the parties, in the public service or in
8    private employment.
9    (i) In the case of peace officers, the arbitration
10decision shall be limited to wages, hours, and conditions of
11employment (which may include residency requirements in
12municipalities with a population under 100,000, but those
13residency requirements shall not allow residency outside of
14Illinois) and shall not include the following: i) residency
15requirements in municipalities with a population of at least
16100,000; ii) the type of equipment, other than uniforms,
17issued or used; iii) manning; iv) the total number of
18employees employed by the department; v) mutual aid and
19assistance agreements to other units of government; and vi)
20the criterion pursuant to which force, including deadly force,
21can be used; provided, nothing herein shall preclude an
22arbitration decision regarding equipment or manning levels if
23such decision is based on a finding that the equipment or
24manning considerations in a specific work assignment involve a
25serious risk to the safety of a peace officer beyond that which
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1Limitation of the terms of the arbitration decision pursuant
2to this subsection shall not be construed to limit the factors
3upon which the decision may be based, as set forth in
4subsection (h).
5    In the case of fire fighter, and fire department or fire
6district paramedic matters, the arbitration decision shall be
7limited to wages, hours, and conditions of employment
8(including manning and also including residency requirements
9in municipalities with a population under 1,000,000, but those
10residency requirements shall not allow residency outside of
11Illinois) and shall not include the following matters: i)
12residency requirements in municipalities with a population of
13at least 1,000,000; ii) the type of equipment (other than
14uniforms and fire fighter turnout gear) issued or used; iii)
15the total number of employees employed by the department; iv)
16mutual aid and assistance agreements to other units of
17government; and v) the criterion pursuant to which force,
18including deadly force, can be used; provided, however,
19nothing herein shall preclude an arbitration decision
20regarding equipment levels if such decision is based on a
21finding that the equipment considerations in a specific work
22assignment involve a serious risk to the safety of a fire
23fighter beyond that which is inherent in the normal
24performance of fire fighter duties. Limitation of the terms of
25the arbitration decision pursuant to this subsection shall not
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1based, as set forth in subsection (h).
2    The changes to this subsection (i) made by Public Act
390-385 (relating to residency requirements) do not apply to
4persons who are employed by a combined department that
5performs both police and firefighting services; these persons
6shall be governed by the provisions of this subsection (i)
7relating to peace officers, as they existed before the
8amendment by Public Act 90-385.
9    To preserve historical bargaining rights, this subsection
10shall not apply to any provision of a fire fighter collective
11bargaining agreement in effect and applicable on the effective
12date of this Act; provided, however, nothing herein shall
13preclude arbitration with respect to any such provision.
14    (j) Arbitration procedures shall be deemed to be initiated
15by the filing of a letter requesting mediation as required
16under subsection (a) of this Section. The commencement of a
17new municipal fiscal year after the initiation of arbitration
18procedures under this Act, but before the arbitration
19decision, or its enforcement, shall not be deemed to render a
20dispute moot, or to otherwise impair the jurisdiction or
21authority of the arbitration panel or its decision. Increases
22in rates of compensation awarded by the arbitration panel may
23be effective only at the start of the fiscal year next
24commencing after the date of the arbitration award. If a new
25fiscal year has commenced either since the initiation of
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1agreed extension of the statutorily required period of
2mediation under this Act by the parties to the labor dispute
3causing a delay in the initiation of arbitration, the
4foregoing limitations shall be inapplicable, and such awarded
5increases may be retroactive to the commencement of the fiscal
6year, any other statute or charter provisions to the contrary,
7notwithstanding. At any time the parties, by stipulation, may
8amend or modify an award of arbitration.
9    (k) Orders of the arbitration panel shall be reviewable,
10upon appropriate petition by either the public employer or the
11exclusive bargaining representative, by the circuit court for
12the county in which the dispute arose or in which a majority of
13the affected employees reside, but only for reasons that the
14arbitration panel was without or exceeded its statutory
15authority; the order is arbitrary, or capricious; or the order
16was procured by fraud, collusion or other similar and unlawful
17means. Such petitions for review must be filed with the
18appropriate circuit court within 90 days following the
19issuance of the arbitration order. The pendency of such
20proceeding for review shall not automatically stay the order
21of the arbitration panel. The party against whom the final
22decision of any such court shall be adverse, if such court
23finds such appeal or petition to be frivolous, shall pay
24reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the successful party
25as determined by said court in its discretion. If said court's
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1retroactive, shall bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per
2annum from the effective retroactive date.
3    (l) During the pendency of proceedings before the
4arbitration panel, existing wages, hours, and other conditions
5of employment shall not be changed by action of either party
6without the consent of the other but a party may so consent
7without prejudice to his rights or position under this Act.
8The proceedings are deemed to be pending before the
9arbitration panel upon the initiation of arbitration
10procedures under this Act.
11    (m) Security officers of public employers, and Peace
12Officers, Fire Fighters and fire department and fire
13protection district paramedics, covered by this Section may
14not withhold services, nor may public employers lock out or
15prevent such employees from performing services at any time.
16    (n) All of the terms decided upon by the arbitration panel
17shall be included in an agreement to be submitted to the public
18employer's governing body for ratification and adoption by
19law, ordinance or the equivalent appropriate means.
20    The governing body shall review each term decided by the
21arbitration panel. If the governing body fails to reject one
22or more terms of the arbitration panel's decision by a 3/5 vote
23of those duly elected and qualified members of the governing
24body, within 20 days of issuance, or in the case of
25firefighters employed by a state university, at the next
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1issuance, such term or terms shall become a part of the
2collective bargaining agreement of the parties. If the
3governing body affirmatively rejects one or more terms of the
4arbitration panel's decision, it must provide reasons for such
5rejection with respect to each term so rejected, within 20
6days of such rejection and the parties shall return to the
7arbitration panel for further proceedings and issuance of a
8supplemental decision with respect to the rejected terms. Any
9supplemental decision by an arbitration panel or other
10decision maker agreed to by the parties shall be submitted to
11the governing body for ratification and adoption in accordance
12with the procedures and voting requirements set forth in this
13Section. The voting requirements of this subsection shall
14apply to all disputes submitted to arbitration pursuant to
15this Section notwithstanding any contrary voting requirements
16contained in any existing collective bargaining agreement
17between the parties.
18    (o) If the governing body of the employer votes to reject
19the panel's decision, the parties shall return to the panel
20within 30 days from the issuance of the reasons for rejection
21for further proceedings and issuance of a supplemental
22decision. All reasonable costs of such supplemental proceeding
23including the exclusive representative's reasonable attorney's
24fees, as established by the Board, shall be paid by the
25employer.
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1employer and exclusive representative may agree to submit
2unresolved disputes concerning wages, hours, terms and
3conditions of employment to an alternative form of impasse
4resolution.
5    The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public Act
6101-652 take effect July 1, 2022.
7(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21.)