Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 3/14/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3339

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3339 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Section 14 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 315/14)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1614)
7    Sec. 14. Security Employee, Peace Officer and Fire Fighter
8Disputes.
9    (a) In the case of collective bargaining agreements
10involving units of security employees of a public employer,
11Peace Officer Units, or units of fire fighters or paramedics,
12and in the case of disputes under Section 18, unless the
13parties mutually agree to some other time limit, mediation
14shall commence 30 days prior to the expiration date of such
15agreement or at such later time as the mediation services
16chosen under subsection (b) of Section 12 can be provided to

 

 

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1the parties. In the case of negotiations for an initial
2collective bargaining agreement, mediation shall commence upon
315 days notice from either party or at such later time as the
4mediation services chosen pursuant to subsection (b) of Section
512 can be provided to the parties. In mediation under this
6Section, if either party requests the use of mediation services
7from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the other
8party shall either join in such request or bear the additional
9cost of mediation services from another source. The mediator
10shall have a duty to keep the Board informed on the progress of
11the mediation. If any dispute has not been resolved within 15
12days after the first meeting of the parties and the mediator,
13or within such other time limit as may be mutually agreed upon
14by the parties, either the exclusive representative or employer
15may request of the other, in writing, arbitration, and shall
16submit a copy of the request to the Board.
17    (b) Within 10 days after such a request for arbitration has
18been made, the employer shall choose a delegate and the
19employees' exclusive representative shall choose a delegate to
20a panel of arbitration as provided in this Section. The
21employer and employees shall forthwith advise the other and the
22Board of their selections.
23    (c) Within 7 days after the request of either party, the
24parties shall request a panel of impartial arbitrators from
25which they shall select the neutral chairman according to the
26procedures provided in this Section. If the parties have agreed

 

 

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1to a contract that contains a grievance resolution procedure as
2provided in Section 8, the chairman shall be selected using
3their agreed contract procedure unless they mutually agree to
4another procedure. If the parties fail to notify the Board of
5their selection of neutral chairman within 7 days after receipt
6of the list of impartial arbitrators, the Board shall appoint,
7at random, a neutral chairman from the list. In the absence of
8an agreed contract procedure for selecting an impartial
9arbitrator, either party may request a panel from the Board.
10Within 7 days of the request of either party, the Board shall
11select from the Public Employees Labor Mediation Roster 7
12persons who are on the labor arbitration panels of either the
13American Arbitration Association or the Federal Mediation and
14Conciliation Service, or who are members of the National
15Academy of Arbitrators, as nominees for impartial arbitrator of
16the arbitration panel. The parties may select an individual on
17the list provided by the Board or any other individual mutually
18agreed upon by the parties. Within 7 days following the receipt
19of the list, the parties shall notify the Board of the person
20they have selected. Unless the parties agree on an alternate
21selection procedure, they shall alternatively strike one name
22from the list provided by the Board until only one name
23remains. A coin toss shall determine which party shall strike
24the first name. If the parties fail to notify the Board in a
25timely manner of their selection for neutral chairman, the
26Board shall appoint a neutral chairman from the Illinois Public

 

 

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1Employees Mediation/Arbitration Roster.
2    (d) The chairman shall call a hearing to begin within 15
3days and give reasonable notice of the time and place of the
4hearing. The hearing shall be held at the offices of the Board
5or at such other location as the Board deems appropriate. The
6chairman shall preside over the hearing and shall take
7testimony. Any oral or documentary evidence and other data
8deemed relevant by the arbitration panel may be received in
9evidence. The proceedings shall be informal. Technical rules of
10evidence shall not apply and the competency of the evidence
11shall not thereby be deemed impaired. A verbatim record of the
12proceedings shall be made and the arbitrator shall arrange for
13the necessary recording service. Transcripts may be ordered at
14the expense of the party ordering them, but the transcripts
15shall not be necessary for a decision by the arbitration panel.
16The expense of the proceedings, including a fee for the
17chairman, established in advance by the Board, shall be borne
18equally by each of the parties to the dispute. The delegates,
19if public officers or employees, shall continue on the payroll
20of the public employer without loss of pay. The hearing
21conducted by the arbitration panel may be adjourned from time
22to time, but unless otherwise agreed by the parties, shall be
23concluded within 30 days of the time of its commencement.
24Majority actions and rulings shall constitute the actions and
25rulings of the arbitration panel. Arbitration proceedings
26under this Section shall not be interrupted or terminated by

 

 

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1reason of any unfair labor practice charge filed by either
2party at any time.
3    (e) The arbitration panel may administer oaths, require the
4attendance of witnesses, and the production of such books,
5papers, contracts, agreements and documents as may be deemed by
6it material to a just determination of the issues in dispute,
7and for such purpose may issue subpoenas. If any person refuses
8to obey a subpoena, or refuses to be sworn or to testify, or if
9any witness, party or attorney is guilty of any contempt while
10in attendance at any hearing, the arbitration panel may, or the
11attorney general if requested shall, invoke the aid of any
12circuit court within the jurisdiction in which the hearing is
13being held, which court shall issue an appropriate order. Any
14failure to obey the order may be punished by the court as
15contempt.
16    (f) At any time before the rendering of an award, the
17chairman of the arbitration panel, if he is of the opinion that
18it would be useful or beneficial to do so, may remand the
19dispute to the parties for further collective bargaining for a
20period not to exceed 2 weeks. If the dispute is remanded for
21further collective bargaining the time provisions of this Act
22shall be extended for a time period equal to that of the
23remand. The chairman of the panel of arbitration shall notify
24the Board of the remand.
25    (g) At or before the conclusion of the hearing held
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1identify the economic issues in dispute, and direct each of the
2parties to submit, within such time limit as the panel shall
3prescribe, to the arbitration panel and to each other its last
4offer of settlement on each economic issue. The determination
5of the arbitration panel as to the issues in dispute and as to
6which of these issues are economic shall be conclusive. The
7arbitration panel, within 30 days after the conclusion of the
8hearing, or such further additional periods to which the
9parties may agree, shall make written findings of fact and
10promulgate a written opinion and shall mail or otherwise
11deliver a true copy thereof to the parties and their
12representatives and to the Board. As to each economic issue,
13the arbitration panel shall adopt the last offer of settlement
14which, in the opinion of the arbitration panel, more nearly
15complies with the applicable factors prescribed in subsection
16(h). The findings, opinions and order as to all other issues
17shall be based upon the applicable factors prescribed in
18subsection (h).
19    (h) Where there is no agreement between the parties, or
20where there is an agreement but the parties have begun
21negotiations or discussions looking to a new agreement or
22amendment of the existing agreement, and wage rates or other
23conditions of employment under the proposed new or amended
24agreement are in dispute, the arbitration panel shall base its
25findings, opinions and order upon the following factors, as
26applicable:

 

 

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1        (1) The lawful authority of the employer.
2        (2) Stipulations of the parties.
3        (3) The interests and welfare of the public and the
4    financial ability of the unit of government to meet those
5    costs.
6        (4) Comparison of the wages, hours and conditions of
7    employment of the employees involved in the arbitration
8    proceeding with the wages, hours and conditions of
9    employment of other employees performing similar services
10    and with other employees generally:
11            (A) In public employment in comparable
12        communities.
13            (B) In private employment in comparable
14        communities.
15        (5) The average consumer prices for goods and services,
16    commonly known as the cost of living.
17        (6) The overall compensation presently received by the
18    employees, including direct wage compensation, vacations,
19    holidays and other excused time, insurance and pensions,
20    medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and
21    stability of employment and all other benefits received.
22        (7) Changes in any of the foregoing circumstances
23    during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings.
24        (8) Such other factors, not confined to the foregoing,
25    which are normally or traditionally taken into
26    consideration in the determination of wages, hours and

 

 

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1    conditions of employment through voluntary collective
2    bargaining, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration or
3    otherwise between the parties, in the public service or in
4    private employment.
5    (i) In the case of peace officers, the arbitration decision
6shall be limited to wages, hours, and conditions of employment
7(which may include residency requirements in municipalities
8with a population under 1,000,000, but those residency
9requirements shall not allow residency outside of Illinois) and
10shall not include the following: i) residency requirements in
11municipalities with a population of at least 1,000,000; ii) the
12type of equipment, other than uniforms, issued or used; iii)
13manning; iv) the total number of employees employed by the
14department; v) mutual aid and assistance agreements to other
15units of government; and vi) the criterion pursuant to which
16force, including deadly force, can be used; provided, nothing
17herein shall preclude an arbitration decision regarding
18equipment or manning levels if such decision is based on a
19finding that the equipment or manning considerations in a
20specific work assignment involve a serious risk to the safety
21of a peace officer beyond that which is inherent in the normal
22performance of police duties. Limitation of the terms of the
23arbitration decision pursuant to this subsection shall not be
24construed to limit the factors upon which the decision may be
25based, as set forth in subsection (h).
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1district paramedic matters, the arbitration decision shall be
2limited to wages, hours, and conditions of employment (which
3may include residency requirements in municipalities with a
4population under 1,000,000, but those residency requirements
5shall not allow residency outside of Illinois) and shall not
6include the following matters: i) residency requirements in
7municipalities with a population of at least 1,000,000; ii) the
8type of equipment (other than uniforms and fire fighter turnout
9gear) issued or used; iii) the total number of employees
10employed by the department; iv) mutual aid and assistance
11agreements to other units of government; and v) the criterion
12pursuant to which force, including deadly force, can be used;
13provided, however, nothing herein shall preclude an
14arbitration decision regarding equipment levels if such
15decision is based on a finding that the equipment
16considerations in a specific work assignment involve a serious
17risk to the safety of a fire fighter beyond that which is
18inherent in the normal performance of fire fighter duties.
19Limitation of the terms of the arbitration decision pursuant to
20this subsection shall not be construed to limit the facts upon
21which the decision may be based, as set forth in subsection
22(h).
23    The changes to this subsection (i) made by Public Act
2490-385 (relating to residency requirements) do not apply to
25persons who are employed by a combined department that performs
26both police and firefighting services; these persons shall be

 

 

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1governed by the provisions of this subsection (i) relating to
2peace officers, as they existed before the amendment by Public
3Act 90-385.
4    To preserve historical bargaining rights, this subsection
5shall not apply to any provision of a fire fighter collective
6bargaining agreement in effect and applicable on the effective
7date of this Act; provided, however, nothing herein shall
8preclude arbitration with respect to any such provision.
9    (j) Arbitration procedures shall be deemed to be initiated
10by the filing of a letter requesting mediation as required
11under subsection (a) of this Section. The commencement of a new
12municipal fiscal year after the initiation of arbitration
13procedures under this Act, but before the arbitration decision,
14or its enforcement, shall not be deemed to render a dispute
15moot, or to otherwise impair the jurisdiction or authority of
16the arbitration panel or its decision. Increases in rates of
17compensation awarded by the arbitration panel may be effective
18only at the start of the fiscal year next commencing after the
19date of the arbitration award. If a new fiscal year has
20commenced either since the initiation of arbitration
21procedures under this Act or since any mutually agreed
22extension of the statutorily required period of mediation under
23this Act by the parties to the labor dispute causing a delay in
24the initiation of arbitration, the foregoing limitations shall
25be inapplicable, and such awarded increases may be retroactive
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1charter provisions to the contrary, notwithstanding. At any
2time the parties, by stipulation, may amend or modify an award
3of arbitration.
4    (k) Orders of the arbitration panel shall be reviewable,
5upon appropriate petition by either the public employer or the
6exclusive bargaining representative, by the circuit court for
7the county in which the dispute arose or in which a majority of
8the affected employees reside, but only for reasons that the
9arbitration panel was without or exceeded its statutory
10authority; the order is arbitrary, or capricious; or the order
11was procured by fraud, collusion or other similar and unlawful
12means. Such petitions for review must be filed with the
13appropriate circuit court within 90 days following the issuance
14of the arbitration order. The pendency of such proceeding for
15review shall not automatically stay the order of the
16arbitration panel. The party against whom the final decision of
17any such court shall be adverse, if such court finds such
18appeal or petition to be frivolous, shall pay reasonable
19attorneys' fees and costs to the successful party as determined
20by said court in its discretion. If said court's decision
21affirms the award of money, such award, if retroactive, shall
22bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum from the
23effective retroactive date.
24    (l) During the pendency of proceedings before the
25arbitration panel, existing wages, hours, and other conditions
26of employment shall not be changed by action of either party

 

 

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1without the consent of the other but a party may so consent
2without prejudice to his rights or position under this Act. The
3proceedings are deemed to be pending before the arbitration
4panel upon the initiation of arbitration procedures under this
5Act.
6    (m) Security officers of public employers, and Peace
7Officers, Fire Fighters and fire department and fire protection
8district paramedics, covered by this Section may not withhold
9services, nor may public employers lock out or prevent such
10employees from performing services at any time.
11    (n) All of the terms decided upon by the arbitration panel
12shall be included in an agreement to be submitted to the public
13employer's governing body for ratification and adoption by law,
14ordinance or the equivalent appropriate means.
15    The governing body shall review each term decided by the
16arbitration panel. If the governing body fails to reject one or
17more terms of the arbitration panel's decision by a 3/5 vote of
18those duly elected and qualified members of the governing body,
19within 20 days of issuance, or in the case of firefighters
20employed by a state university, at the next regularly scheduled
21meeting of the governing body after issuance, such term or
22terms shall become a part of the collective bargaining
23agreement of the parties. If the governing body affirmatively
24rejects one or more terms of the arbitration panel's decision,
25it must provide reasons for such rejection with respect to each
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1parties shall return to the arbitration panel for further
2proceedings and issuance of a supplemental decision with
3respect to the rejected terms. Any supplemental decision by an
4arbitration panel or other decision maker agreed to by the
5parties shall be submitted to the governing body for
6ratification and adoption in accordance with the procedures and
7voting requirements set forth in this Section. The voting
8requirements of this subsection shall apply to all disputes
9submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Section
10notwithstanding any contrary voting requirements contained in
11any existing collective bargaining agreement between the
12parties.
13    (o) If the governing body of the employer votes to reject
14the panel's decision, the parties shall return to the panel
15within 30 days from the issuance of the reasons for rejection
16for further proceedings and issuance of a supplemental
17decision. All reasonable costs of such supplemental proceeding
18including the exclusive representative's reasonable attorney's
19fees, as established by the Board, shall be paid by the
20employer.
21    (p) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section the
22employer and exclusive representative may agree to submit
23unresolved disputes concerning wages, hours, terms and
24conditions of employment to an alternative form of impasse
25resolution.
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1officers wants to initiate an arbitration procedure and the
2elected representatives of that unit do not request arbitration
3on behalf of the unit, then the unit may, by obtaining the
4signatures of at least three-fifths of the members of the
5collective bargaining unit and the approval of the governing
6body of the employer, petition the Illinois Labor Relations
7Board for review. If the Illinois Labor Relations Board
8receives such a petition, it shall determine whether or not the
9petition is a qualified petition. If the Board determines that
10the petition is a qualified petition, it shall notify the
11employer and the elected representatives of the collective
12bargaining unit that it recommends that the petitioned issue be
13submitted to arbitration. All costs of arbitration resulting
14from this Section shall be the sole responsibility of the
15employer.
16(Source: P.A. 96-813, eff. 10-30-09.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.".