Full Text of HB0580 99th General Assembly
HB0580ham002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch Filed: 2/9/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 580
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 580 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 315/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 1607)
| 7 | | Sec. 7. Duty to bargain. A public employer and the | 8 | | exclusive representative
have the authority and the duty to | 9 | | bargain collectively set forth in this
Section.
| 10 | | For the purposes of this Act, "to bargain collectively" | 11 | | means the performance
of the mutual obligation of the public | 12 | | employer or his designated
representative and the | 13 | | representative of the public employees to meet at
reasonable | 14 | | times, including meetings in advance of the budget-making | 15 | | process,
and to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, | 16 | | hours, and other
conditions
of employment, not excluded by |
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| 1 | | Section 4 of this Act, or the negotiation
of an agreement, or | 2 | | any question arising
thereunder and the execution of a written | 3 | | contract incorporating any agreement
reached if requested by | 4 | | either party, but such obligation does not compel
either party | 5 | | to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession.
| 6 | | The duty "to bargain collectively" shall also include an | 7 | | obligation to
negotiate over any matter with respect to wages, | 8 | | hours and other conditions
of employment, not specifically | 9 | | provided for in any other law or not specifically
in violation | 10 | | of the provisions
of any law. If any other law pertains, in | 11 | | part, to a matter affecting
the wages, hours and other | 12 | | conditions of employment, such other law shall
not be construed | 13 | | as limiting the duty "to bargain collectively" and to enter
| 14 | | into collective bargaining agreements containing clauses which | 15 | | either supplement,
implement, or relate to the effect of such | 16 | | provisions in other laws.
| 17 | | The duty "to bargain collectively" shall also include | 18 | | negotiations
as to the terms of a collective bargaining | 19 | | agreement.
The parties may, by mutual agreement, provide for | 20 | | arbitration of impasses
resulting from their inability to agree | 21 | | upon wages, hours and terms and
conditions of employment to be | 22 | | included in a collective bargaining agreement.
Such | 23 | | arbitration provisions shall be subject to the Illinois | 24 | | "Uniform Arbitration
Act" unless agreed by the parties.
| 25 | | The duty "to bargain collectively" shall also mean that no | 26 | | party to a collective
bargaining contract shall terminate or |
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| 1 | | modify such contract, unless the
party desiring such | 2 | | termination or modification:
| 3 | | (1) serves a written notice upon the other party to the | 4 | | contract of the
proposed termination or modification 60 | 5 | | days prior to the expiration date
thereof, or in the event | 6 | | such contract contains no expiration date, 60 days
prior to | 7 | | the time it is proposed to make such termination or | 8 | | modification;
| 9 | | (2) offers to meet and confer with the other party for | 10 | | the purpose of
negotiating a new contract or a contract | 11 | | containing the proposed modifications;
| 12 | | (3) notifies the Board within 30 days after such notice | 13 | | of the existence
of a dispute, provided no agreement has | 14 | | been reached by that time; and
| 15 | | (4) continues in full force and effect, without | 16 | | resorting to strike or
lockout, all the terms and | 17 | | conditions of the existing contract for a period
of 60 days | 18 | | after such notice is given to the other party or until the | 19 | | expiration
date of such contract, whichever occurs later.
| 20 | | The duties imposed upon employers, employees and labor | 21 | | organizations by
paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) shall become | 22 | | inapplicable upon an intervening
certification of the Board, | 23 | | under which the labor organization, which is
a party to the | 24 | | contract, has been superseded as or ceased to be the exclusive
| 25 | | representative
of the employees pursuant to the provisions of | 26 | | subsection (a) of Section
9, and the duties so imposed shall |
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| 1 | | not be construed as requiring either
party to discuss or agree | 2 | | to any modification of the terms and conditions
contained in a | 3 | | contract for a fixed period, if such modification is to become
| 4 | | effective before such terms and conditions can be reopened | 5 | | under the provisions
of the contract.
| 6 | | Collective bargaining for home care and home health workers | 7 | | who function as personal assistants and individual maintenance | 8 | | home health workers
under
the Home Services Program shall be | 9 | | limited to the terms and conditions of
employment
under the | 10 | | State's control, as defined in Public Act 93-204 or this | 11 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, as applicable.
| 12 | | Collective bargaining for child and day care home providers | 13 | | under the child care assistance program shall be limited to the | 14 | | terms and conditions of employment under the State's control, | 15 | | as defined in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
| 16 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, | 17 | | whenever collective bargaining is for the purpose of | 18 | | establishing an initial agreement following original | 19 | | certification of units with fewer than 35 employees, with | 20 | | respect to public employees other than peace officers, fire | 21 | | fighters, and security employees, the following apply: | 22 | | (1) Not later than 10 days after receiving a written | 23 | | request for collective bargaining from a labor | 24 | | organization that has been newly certified as a | 25 | | representative as defined in Section 6(c), or within such | 26 | | further period as the parties agree upon, the parties shall |
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| 1 | | meet and commence to bargain collectively and shall make | 2 | | every reasonable effort to conclude and sign a collective | 3 | | bargaining agreement. | 4 | | (2) If anytime after the expiration of the 90-day | 5 | | period beginning on the date on which bargaining is | 6 | | commenced the parties have failed to reach an agreement, | 7 | | either party may notify the Illinois Public Labor Relations | 8 | | Board of the existence of a dispute and request mediation | 9 | | in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of this | 10 | | Act. | 11 | | (3) If after the expiration of the 30-day period | 12 | | beginning on the date on which mediation commenced, or such | 13 | | additional period as the parties may agree upon, the | 14 | | mediator is not able to bring the parties to agreement by | 15 | | conciliation, either the exclusive representative of the | 16 | | employees or the employer may request of the other, in | 17 | | writing, arbitration and shall submit a copy of the request | 18 | | to the board. Upon submission of the request for | 19 | | arbitration, the parties shall be required to participate | 20 | | in the impasse arbitration procedures set forth in Section | 21 | | 14 of this Act, except the right to strike shall not be | 22 | | considered waived pursuant to Section 17 of this Act, until | 23 | | the actual convening of the arbitration hearing. | 24 | | With respect to collective bargaining agreements initially | 25 | | scheduled to expire on or after June 30, 2015, but before June | 26 | | 30, 2019, between the State of Illinois and a unit or units of |
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| 1 | | employees of State agencies which are not resolved by the | 2 | | initial expiration date of the agreement, mediation of the | 3 | | outstanding issues shall be initiated within 30 days from the | 4 | | initial expiration of the agreement or the effective date of | 5 | | this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. Should a | 6 | | mediator be unable to bring the parties to agreement through | 7 | | conciliation within 30 days of the commencement of mediation, | 8 | | or such additional period as the parties may mutually agree on, | 9 | | either party may initiate the impasse arbitration procedures | 10 | | pursuant to Section 14 of this Act except that for the purpose | 11 | | of determining the jurisdiction or authority of the arbitration | 12 | | panel, arbitration procedures shall be deemed to have been | 13 | | initiated prior to the commencement of any fiscal year | 14 | | occurring after the initial expiration date of the agreement. | 15 | | The provisions of the expired collective bargaining agreement | 16 | | shall be in full force and effect from the initial expiration | 17 | | date and conditions of employment in effect on the initial | 18 | | expiration date shall not be changed by the action of either | 19 | | party without the consent of the other until a successor | 20 | | agreement is adopted. The right to strike shall not be | 21 | | considered waived pursuant to Section 17 of this Act until the | 22 | | actual convening of the arbitration hearing. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1158, eff. 1-29-13; 98-1004, eff. 8-18-14.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.".
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