AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 5-15 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100/5-15] and authorized by Section 5(j) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act [5 ILCS 315/5].

SOURCE: Adopted at 9 Ill. Reg. 10077, effective June 17, 1985; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 22210, effective December 8, 1988; corrected at 13 Ill. Reg. 2883; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 7396, effective May 10, 1996; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19955, effective October 2, 2014; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 14757, effective October 12, 2016.

SUBPART A: PUBLIC INFORMATION

 

Section 2500.10  General Information

 

a)         The Illinois Labor Relations Board maintains offices in both Chicago and Springfield. 

 

1)         The Board's Springfield office is located at:

801 South Seventh Street, Ste. 1200-A

Springfield, IL 62703

telephone: 217-785-3155

facsimile: 217-785-4146  

 

2)         The Board's Chicago office is located at:

160 North LaSalle Street

Suite S-400

Chicago, Illinois 60601-3103

telephone: 312-793-6400

facsimile: 312-793-6989

 

b)         The Local Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board has jurisdiction over collective bargaining matters between employee organizations and units of local government with a population in excess of 1 million persons, but excluding the Regional Transportation Authority [5 ILCS 315/5(b)].  Such units include the County of Cook, the City of Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, the Chicago Housing Authority and the Chicago Park District.

 

c)         The State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board has jurisdiction over collective bargaining matters between employee organizations and public employers as defined in Section 3(o) of the Act and the Regional Transportation Authority [5 ILCS 315/5(a)] except for units of local government in excess of 1 million persons and school districts.

 

d)         The State Panel and Local Panel may also meet in joint session to handle administrative and rulemaking matters affecting the Board.

 

e)         Information regarding the docket of pending cases and their status may be obtained by writing or telephoning a Board agent at either office.

 

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 14757, effective October 12, 2016)

 

Section 2500.20  Procedural Information

 

Information on the procedures followed by the Illinois Labor Relations Board in discharging itst statutory responsibilities is set forth in detail in the Board's various procedural rules.  Those rules are promulgated jointly by both Panels and cover the following subjects:  General Procedures, 80 Ill. Adm. Code 1200; Representation Proceedings, 80 Ill. Adm. Code 1210;  Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings, 80 Ill. Adm. Code 1220; Impasse Resolution, 80 Ill. Adm. Code 1230; Police Officer Decertification Proceedings, 80 Ill. Adm. Code 1240; and Gubernatorial Designation of Positions Excluded from Collective Bargaining, 80 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.

 

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19955, effective October 2, 2014)

 

Section 2500.30  Access to Board Materials

 

The Illinois Labor Relations Board will make the following documents available at its website, http://www.state.il.us/ilrb/: the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act; the Board's regulations; final orders, decisions and opinions of cases before the Board; annual reports to the Governor and General Assembly; as well as fillable versions of the forms to be used by parties in practice before it.  For information governing access to other Board documents and materials, consult the Board's rules entitled "Access to the Records of the Illinois Labor Relations Board," at 2 Ill. Adm. Code 2501.

 

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19955, effective October 2, 2014)

SUBPART B: RULEMAKING

 

Section 2500.110  Procedure

 

Proposed additions, amendments or repealers to the rules of the Illinois Labor Relations Board must be undertaken jointly by the Panels.  The Board follows the rulemaking procedures prescribed under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100].

 

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19955, effective October 2, 2014)

 

Section 2500.120  Request for Rulemaking

 

Any person may request that the Illinois Labor Relations Board promulgate, amend or repeal a rule by submitting a written request to the Executive Director or General Counsel of the Board.  The request must be typewritten on standard letter-size paper, shall set forth in particular the rulemaking action desired, and shall contain the person's reasons in support of the request. A request filed in accordance with this Section will be considered by the Board and the requester shall be notified in writing as to its disposition.

 

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19955, effective October 2, 2014)

SUBPART C: ORGANIZATION

 

Section 2500.210  Composition of the Board

 

a)         The Local Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board is comprised of a Chairman and two Members.  The Chairman is appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.  If no such person is appointed as Chairman of the Local Panel, the Chairman of the State Panel shall also serve as the Chairman of the Local Panel.  One of the Local Panel Members is appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago with a term of four years, and the other Local Panel Member is appointed by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners with a term of four years.

 

b)         The State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board is comprised of a Chairman and four Members.  All are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; each is appointed for a term of four years; the Chairman simultaneously serves as Chairman when the Panels meet in joint session.

 

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19955, effective October 2, 2014)

 

Section 2500.220  Staff Structure

 

The Illinois Labor Relations Board shall employ an Executive Director and a General Counsel who shall be responsible for the operations of the offices of the Board.  The staff of the Illinois Labor Relations Board is organized chiefly into two divisions, as depicted in Appendix A.  The Board's Executive Director is responsible for the Board's administrative operations, and for supervising the Board's investigations of representation petitions and unfair labor practice charges filed with the Board.  The Board's General Counsel is responsible for its legal affairs, for advising the Board on legal matters, and for supervising the Board's attorneys who serve as administrative law judges in representation and unfair labor practice proceedings.

 

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19955, effective October 2, 2014)




Section 2500.APPENDIX A   Illinois Labor Relations Board Organizational Chart

 



(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 19955, effective October 2, 2014)




Section 2500.APPENDIX B   State Board Organization Chart (Repealed)

 

(Source:  Repealed at 20 Ill. Reg. 7396, effective May 10, 1996)