102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0814

 

Introduced 2/25/2021, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
115 ILCS 5/3  from Ch. 48, par. 1703

    Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning employee rights.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (115 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1703)
7    Sec. 3. Employee rights; exclusive representative rights.
8    (a) It shall be lawful for educational employees to
9organize, form, join, or assist in employee organizations or
10engage in lawful concerted activities for the the purpose of
11collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection or
12bargain collectively through representatives of their own free
13choice and, except as provided in Section 11, such employees
14shall also have the right to refrain from any or all such
15activities.
16    (b) Representatives selected by educational employees in a
17unit appropriate for collective bargaining purposes shall be
18the exclusive representative of all the employees in such unit
19to bargain on wages, hours, terms and conditions of
20employment. However, any individual employee or a group of
21employees may at any time present grievances to their employer
22and have them adjusted without the intervention of the
23bargaining representative as long as the adjustment is not

 

 

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1inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining
2agreement then in effect, provided that the bargaining
3representative has been given an opportunity to be present at
4such adjustment.
5    (c) Employers shall provide to exclusive representatives,
6including their agents and employees, reasonable access to and
7information about employees in the bargaining units they
8represent. This access shall at all times be conducted in a
9manner so as not to impede normal operations.
10        (1) Access includes the following:
11            (A) the right to meet with one or more employees on
12        the employer's premises during the work day to
13        investigate and discuss grievances and
14        workplace-related complaints without charge to pay or
15        leave time of employees or agents of the exclusive
16        representative;
17            (B) the right to conduct worksite meetings during
18        lunch and other non-work breaks, and before and after
19        the workday, on the employer's premises to discuss
20        collective bargaining negotiations, the administration
21        of collective bargaining agreements, other matters
22        related to the duties of the exclusive representative,
23        and internal matters involving the governance or
24        business of the exclusive representative, without
25        charge to pay or leave time of employees or agents of
26        the exclusive representative;

 

 

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1            (C) the right to meet with newly hired employees,
2        without charge to pay or leave time of the employees or
3        agents of the exclusive representative, on the
4        employer's premises or at a location mutually agreed
5        to by the employer and exclusive representative for up
6        to one hour either within the first two weeks of
7        employment in the bargaining unit or at a later date
8        and time if mutually agreed upon by the employer and
9        the exclusive representative; and
10            (D) the right to use the facility mailboxes and
11        bulletin boards of the employer to communicate with
12        bargaining unit employees regarding collective
13        bargaining negotiations, the administration of the
14        collective bargaining agreements, the investigation of
15        grievances, other workplace-related complaints and
16        issues, and internal matters involving the governance
17        or business of the exclusive representative.
18        Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an employer and
19    exclusive representative from agreeing in a collective
20    bargaining agreement to provide the exclusive
21    representative greater access to bargaining unit
22    employees, including through the use of the employer's
23    email system.
24        (2) Information about employees includes, but is not
25    limited to, the following:
26            (A) within 10 calendar days from the beginning of

 

 

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1        every school term and every 30 calendar days
2        thereafter in the school term, in an Excel file or
3        other editable digital file format agreed to by the
4        exclusive representative, the employee's name, job
5        title, worksite location, home address, work telephone
6        numbers, identification number if available, and any
7        home and personal cellular telephone numbers on file
8        with the employer, date of hire, work email address,
9        and any personal email address on file with the
10        employer; and
11            (B) unless otherwise mutually agreed upon, within
12        10 calendar days from the date of hire of a bargaining
13        unit employee, in an electronic file or other format
14        agreed to by the exclusive representative, the
15        employee's name, job title, worksite location, home
16        address, work telephone numbers, and any home and
17        personal cellular telephone numbers on file with the
18        employer, date of hire, work email address, and any
19        personal email address on file with the employer.
20    (d) No employer shall disclose the following information
21of any employee: (1) the employee's home address (including
22ZIP code and county); (2) the employee's date of birth; (3) the
23employee's home and personal phone number; (4) the employee's
24personal email address; (5) any information personally
25identifying employee membership or membership status in a
26labor organization or other voluntary association affiliated

 

 

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1with a labor organization or a labor federation (including
2whether employees are members of such organization, the
3identity of such organization, whether or not employees pay or
4authorize the payment of any dues of moneys to such
5organization, and the amounts of such dues or moneys); and (6)
6emails or other communications between a labor organization
7and its members.
8    As soon as practicable after receiving a request for any
9information prohibited from disclosure under this subsection
10(d), excluding a request from the exclusive bargaining
11representative of the employee, the employer must provide a
12written copy of the request, or a written summary of any oral
13request, to the exclusive bargaining representative of the
14employee or, if no such representative exists, to the
15employee. The employer must also provide a copy of any
16response it has made within 5 business days of sending the
17response to any request.
18    If an employer discloses information in violation of this
19subsection (d), an aggrieved employee of the employer or his
20or her exclusive bargaining representative may file an unfair
21labor practice charge with the Illinois Educational Labor
22Relations Board pursuant to Section 14 of this Act or commence
23an action in the circuit court to enforce the provisions of
24this Act, including actions to compel compliance, if an
25employer willfully and wantonly discloses information in
26violation of this subsection. The circuit court for the county

 

 

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1in which the complainant resides, in which the complainant is
2employed, or in which the employer is located shall have
3jurisdiction in this matter.
4    This subsection does not apply to disclosures (i) required
5under the Freedom of Information Act, (ii) for purposes of
6conducting public operations or business, or (iii) to the
7exclusive representative.
8(Source: P.A. 101-620, eff. 12-20-19.)