103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1083
 
Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
5 ILCS 315/20  from Ch. 48, par. 1620

     Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any provision in a collective bargaining agreement that would limit the ability of a public employer to investigate the conduct of an employee of the public employer is declared to be against public policy and unenforceable unless the limitation is otherwise required by State or federal law. 
  


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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 20 as follows:
 



6    (5 ILCS 315/20)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1620)


7    Sec. 20. Prohibitions. 

8    (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
an 
9individual employee to render labor or service without his 
10consent, nor
shall anything in this Act be construed to make 
11the quitting of his labor
by an individual employee an illegal 
12act; nor shall any court issue any
process to compel the 
13performance by an individual employee of such labor
or 
14service, without his consent; nor shall the quitting of labor 
15by an employee
or employees in good faith because of 
16abnormally dangerous conditions for
work at the place of 
17employment of such employee be deemed a strike under this
Act.

18    (b) This Act shall not be applicable to units of local 
19government employing
less than 5 employees at the time the 
20Petition for
Certification or Representation is filed with the 
21Board.  This prohibition
shall
not apply to bargaining units in 
22existence
on the effective date of this Act and units of local 
23government employing more
than 5 employees where the total 
 
 
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1number of employees falls below 5 after the
Board has 
2certified a bargaining unit.
3    (c) On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
4of the 103rd General Assembly, any provision in a collective 
5bargaining agreement that would limit the ability of a public 
6employer to investigate the conduct of an employee of the 
7public employer is declared to be against public policy and 
8unenforceable unless the limitation is otherwise required by 
9State or federal law.
10(Source: P.A. 93-442, eff. 1-1-04; 93-1080, eff. 6-1-05; 
1194-67, eff. 1-1-06.)