Full Text of HB5582 97th General Assembly
HB5582 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5582 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Dave Winters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 5 ILCS 315/3 | from Ch. 48, par. 1603 | 5 ILCS 315/6 | from Ch. 48, par. 1606 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Specifies that the State Board of Elections does not qualify as a public employer under the Act. Provides that employees of the State Board of Elections do not qualify as public employees under the Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 3 and 6 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 315/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 1603)
| 7 | | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 8 | | context
otherwise requires:
| 9 | | (a) "Board" means the Illinois
Labor Relations Board or, | 10 | | with respect to a matter over which the
jurisdiction of the | 11 | | Board is assigned to the State Panel or the Local Panel
under | 12 | | Section 5, the panel having jurisdiction over the matter.
| 13 | | (b) "Collective bargaining" means bargaining over terms | 14 | | and conditions
of employment, including hours, wages, and other | 15 | | conditions of employment,
as detailed in Section 7 and which | 16 | | are not excluded by Section 4.
| 17 | | (c) "Confidential employee" means an employee who, in the | 18 | | regular course
of his or her duties, assists and acts in a | 19 | | confidential capacity to persons
who formulate, determine, and | 20 | | effectuate management policies with regard
to labor relations | 21 | | or who, in the regular course of his or her duties, has
| 22 | | authorized access to information relating to the effectuation
| 23 | | or review of the employer's collective bargaining policies.
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| 1 | | (d) "Craft employees" means skilled journeymen, crafts | 2 | | persons, and their
apprentices and helpers.
| 3 | | (e) "Essential services employees" means those public | 4 | | employees
performing functions so essential that the | 5 | | interruption or termination of
the function will constitute a | 6 | | clear and present danger to the health and
safety of the | 7 | | persons in the affected community.
| 8 | | (f) "Exclusive representative", except with respect to | 9 | | non-State fire
fighters and paramedics employed by fire | 10 | | departments and fire protection
districts, non-State peace | 11 | | officers, and peace officers in the
Department of State Police, | 12 | | means the labor organization that has
been (i) designated by | 13 | | the Board as the representative of a majority of public
| 14 | | employees in an appropriate bargaining unit in accordance with | 15 | | the procedures
contained in this Act, (ii) historically
| 16 | | recognized by the State of Illinois or
any political | 17 | | subdivision of the State before July 1, 1984
(the effective | 18 | | date of this
Act) as the exclusive representative of the | 19 | | employees in an appropriate
bargaining unit, (iii) after July | 20 | | 1, 1984 (the
effective date of this Act) recognized by an
| 21 | | employer upon evidence, acceptable to the Board, that the labor
| 22 | | organization has been designated as the exclusive | 23 | | representative by a
majority of the employees in an appropriate | 24 | | bargaining unit;
(iv) recognized as the exclusive | 25 | | representative of personal care attendants
or personal
| 26 | | assistants under Executive Order 2003-8 prior to the effective |
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| 1 | | date of this
amendatory
Act of the 93rd General Assembly, and | 2 | | the organization shall be considered to
be the
exclusive | 3 | | representative of the personal care attendants or personal | 4 | | assistants
as defined
in this Section; or (v) recognized as the | 5 | | exclusive representative of child and day care home providers, | 6 | | including licensed and license exempt providers, pursuant to an | 7 | | election held under Executive Order 2005-1 prior to the | 8 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 9 | | Assembly, and the organization shall be considered to be the | 10 | | exclusive representative of the child and day care home | 11 | | providers as defined in this Section.
| 12 | | With respect to non-State fire fighters and paramedics | 13 | | employed by fire
departments and fire protection districts, | 14 | | non-State peace officers, and
peace officers in the Department | 15 | | of State Police,
"exclusive representative" means the labor | 16 | | organization that has
been (i) designated by the Board as the | 17 | | representative of a majority of peace
officers or fire fighters | 18 | | in an appropriate bargaining unit in accordance
with the | 19 | | procedures contained in this Act, (ii)
historically recognized
| 20 | | by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision of the | 21 | | State before
January 1, 1986 (the effective date of this | 22 | | amendatory Act of 1985) as the exclusive
representative by a | 23 | | majority of the peace officers or fire fighters in an
| 24 | | appropriate bargaining unit, or (iii) after January 1,
1986 | 25 | | (the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1985) recognized | 26 | | by an employer upon evidence, acceptable to the
Board, that the |
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| 1 | | labor organization has been designated as the exclusive
| 2 | | representative by a majority of the peace officers or fire | 3 | | fighters in an
appropriate bargaining unit.
| 4 | | Where a historical pattern of representation exists for the | 5 | | workers of a water system that was owned by a public utility, | 6 | | as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, prior | 7 | | to becoming certified employees of a municipality or | 8 | | municipalities once the municipality or municipalities have | 9 | | acquired the water system as authorized in Section 11-124-5 of | 10 | | the Illinois Municipal Code, the Board shall find the labor | 11 | | organization that has historically represented the workers to | 12 | | be the exclusive representative under this Act, and shall find | 13 | | the unit represented by the exclusive representative to be the | 14 | | appropriate unit. | 15 | | (g) "Fair share agreement" means an agreement between the | 16 | | employer and
an employee organization under which all or any of | 17 | | the employees in a
collective bargaining unit are required to | 18 | | pay their proportionate share of
the costs of the collective | 19 | | bargaining process, contract administration, and
pursuing | 20 | | matters affecting wages, hours, and other conditions of | 21 | | employment,
but not to exceed the amount of dues uniformly | 22 | | required of members. The
amount certified by the exclusive | 23 | | representative shall not include any fees
for contributions | 24 | | related to the election or support of any candidate for
| 25 | | political office. Nothing in this subsection (g) shall
preclude | 26 | | an employee from making
voluntary political contributions in |
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| 1 | | conjunction with his or her fair share
payment.
| 2 | | (g-1) "Fire fighter" means, for the purposes of this Act | 3 | | only, any
person who has been or is hereafter appointed to a | 4 | | fire department or fire
protection district or employed by a | 5 | | state university and sworn or
commissioned to perform fire | 6 | | fighter duties or paramedic duties, except that the
following | 7 | | persons are not included: part-time fire fighters,
auxiliary, | 8 | | reserve or voluntary fire fighters, including paid on-call fire
| 9 | | fighters, clerks and dispatchers or other civilian employees of | 10 | | a fire
department or fire protection district who are not | 11 | | routinely expected to
perform fire fighter duties, or elected | 12 | | officials.
| 13 | | (g-2) "General Assembly of the State of Illinois" means the
| 14 | | legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois, | 15 | | as provided
for under Article IV of the Constitution of the | 16 | | State of Illinois, and
includes but is not limited to the House | 17 | | of Representatives, the Senate,
the Speaker of the House of | 18 | | Representatives, the Minority Leader of the
House of | 19 | | Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Minority | 20 | | Leader
of the Senate, the Joint Committee on Legislative | 21 | | Support Services and any
legislative support services agency | 22 | | listed in the Legislative Commission
Reorganization Act of | 23 | | 1984.
| 24 | | (h) "Governing body" means, in the case of the State, the | 25 | | State Panel of
the Illinois Labor Relations Board, the Director | 26 | | of the Department of Central
Management Services, and the |
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| 1 | | Director of the Department of Labor; the county
board in the | 2 | | case of a county; the corporate authorities in the case of a
| 3 | | municipality; and the appropriate body authorized to provide | 4 | | for expenditures
of its funds in the case of any other unit of | 5 | | government.
| 6 | | (i) "Labor organization" means any organization in which | 7 | | public employees
participate and that exists for the purpose, | 8 | | in whole or in part, of dealing
with a public employer | 9 | | concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions
of | 10 | | employment, including the settlement of grievances.
| 11 | | (j) "Managerial employee" means an individual who is | 12 | | engaged
predominantly in executive and management functions | 13 | | and is charged with the
responsibility of directing the | 14 | | effectuation of management policies
and practices.
| 15 | | (k) "Peace officer" means, for the purposes of this Act | 16 | | only, any
persons who have been or are hereafter appointed to a | 17 | | police force,
department, or agency and sworn or commissioned | 18 | | to perform police duties,
except that the following persons are | 19 | | not
included: part-time police
officers, special police | 20 | | officers, auxiliary police as defined by Section
3.1-30-20 of | 21 | | the Illinois Municipal Code, night watchmen, "merchant | 22 | | police",
court security officers as defined by Section 3-6012.1 | 23 | | of the Counties
Code,
temporary employees, traffic guards or | 24 | | wardens, civilian parking meter and
parking facilities | 25 | | personnel or other individuals specially appointed to
aid or | 26 | | direct traffic at or near schools or public functions or to aid |
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| 1 | | in
civil defense or disaster, parking enforcement employees who | 2 | | are not
commissioned as peace officers and who are not armed | 3 | | and who are not
routinely expected to effect arrests, parking | 4 | | lot attendants, clerks and
dispatchers or other civilian | 5 | | employees of a police department who are not
routinely expected | 6 | | to effect arrests, or elected officials.
| 7 | | (l) "Person" includes one or more individuals, labor | 8 | | organizations, public
employees, associations, corporations, | 9 | | legal representatives, trustees,
trustees in bankruptcy, | 10 | | receivers, or the State of Illinois or any political
| 11 | | subdivision of the State or governing body, but does not | 12 | | include the General
Assembly of the State of Illinois or any | 13 | | individual employed by the General
Assembly of the State of | 14 | | Illinois.
| 15 | | (m) "Professional employee" means any employee engaged in | 16 | | work predominantly
intellectual and varied in character rather | 17 | | than routine mental, manual,
mechanical or physical work; | 18 | | involving the consistent exercise of discretion
and adjustment | 19 | | in its performance; of such a character that the output | 20 | | produced
or the result accomplished cannot be standardized in | 21 | | relation to a given
period of time; and requiring advanced | 22 | | knowledge in a field of science or
learning customarily | 23 | | acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual
| 24 | | instruction and study in an institution of higher learning or a | 25 | | hospital,
as distinguished from a general academic education or | 26 | | from apprenticeship
or from training in the performance of |
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| 1 | | routine mental, manual, or physical
processes; or any employee | 2 | | who has completed the courses of specialized
intellectual | 3 | | instruction and study prescribed in this subsection (m) and is
| 4 | | performing related
work under the supervision of a professional | 5 | | person to qualify to become
a professional employee as defined | 6 | | in this subsection (m).
| 7 | | (n) "Public employee" or "employee", for the purposes of | 8 | | this Act, means
any individual employed by a public employer, | 9 | | including (i) interns and residents
at public hospitals, (ii) | 10 | | as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 11 | | General
Assembly, but not
before, personal care attendants and | 12 | | personal assistants working under the Home
Services
Program | 13 | | under Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, | 14 | | subject to
the
limitations set forth in this Act and in the | 15 | | Disabled Persons Rehabilitation
Act,
and (iii) as of the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 17 | | Assembly, but not before, child and day care home providers | 18 | | participating in the child care assistance program under | 19 | | Section 9A-11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, subject to the | 20 | | limitations set forth in this Act and in Section 9A-11 of the | 21 | | Illinois Public Aid Code, but excluding all of the following: | 22 | | employees of the
General Assembly of the State of Illinois; | 23 | | employees of the State Board of Elections; elected officials; | 24 | | executive
heads of a department; members of boards or | 25 | | commissions; the Executive
Inspectors General; any special | 26 | | Executive Inspectors General; employees of each
Office of an |
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| 1 | | Executive Inspector General;
commissioners and employees of | 2 | | the Executive Ethics Commission; the Auditor
General's | 3 | | Inspector General; employees of the Office of the Auditor | 4 | | General's
Inspector General; the Legislative Inspector | 5 | | General; any special Legislative
Inspectors General; employees | 6 | | of the Office
of the Legislative Inspector General;
| 7 | | commissioners and employees of the Legislative Ethics | 8 | | Commission;
employees
of any
agency, board or commission | 9 | | created by this Act; employees appointed to
State positions of | 10 | | a temporary or emergency nature; all employees of school
| 11 | | districts and higher education institutions except | 12 | | firefighters and peace
officers employed
by a state university | 13 | | and except peace officers employed by a school district in its | 14 | | own police department in existence on the effective date of | 15 | | this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly; managerial | 16 | | employees; short-term employees;
confidential employees; | 17 | | independent contractors; and supervisors except as
provided in | 18 | | this Act.
| 19 | | Personal care attendants and personal assistants shall not | 20 | | be considered
public
employees for any purposes not | 21 | | specifically provided for in the amendatory Act
of the
93rd | 22 | | General Assembly, including but not limited to, purposes of | 23 | | vicarious
liability in tort
and purposes of statutory | 24 | | retirement or health insurance benefits. Personal
care
| 25 | | attendants and personal assistants shall not be covered by the | 26 | | State Employees
Group
Insurance Act of 1971 (5 ILCS 375/).
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| 1 | | Child and day care home providers shall not be considered | 2 | | public employees for any purposes not specifically provided for | 3 | | in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, including | 4 | | but not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability in tort and | 5 | | purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. | 6 | | Child and day care home providers shall not be covered by the | 7 | | State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. | 8 | | Notwithstanding Section 9, subsection (c), or any other | 9 | | provisions of
this Act, all peace officers above the rank of | 10 | | captain in
municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants | 11 | | shall be excluded
from this Act.
| 12 | | (o) Except as otherwise in subsection (o-5), "public | 13 | | employer" or "employer" means the State of Illinois; any
| 14 | | political subdivision of the State, unit of local government or | 15 | | school
district; authorities including departments, divisions, | 16 | | bureaus, boards,
commissions, or other agencies of the | 17 | | foregoing entities; and any person
acting within the scope of | 18 | | his or her authority, express or implied, on
behalf of those | 19 | | entities in dealing with its employees.
As of the effective | 20 | | date of the amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly,
but | 21 | | not
before, the State of Illinois shall be considered the | 22 | | employer of the personal
care
attendants and personal | 23 | | assistants working under the Home Services Program
under
| 24 | | Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, subject | 25 | | to the
limitations set forth
in this Act and in the Disabled | 26 | | Persons Rehabilitation Act. The State shall not
be
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| 1 | | to be the employer of personal care attendants and personal
| 2 | | assistants for any
purposes not specifically provided for in | 3 | | this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General
Assembly, including but | 4 | | not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability in tort
and
| 5 | | purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. | 6 | | Personal care
attendants
and personal assistants shall not be | 7 | | covered by the State Employees Group
Insurance Act of 1971
(5 | 8 | | ILCS 375/).
As of the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 9 | | the 94th General Assembly but not before, the State of Illinois | 10 | | shall be considered the employer of the day and child care home | 11 | | providers participating in the child care assistance program | 12 | | under Section 9A-11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, subject to | 13 | | the limitations set forth in this Act and in Section 9A-11 of | 14 | | the Illinois Public Aid Code. The State shall not be considered | 15 | | to be the employer of child and day care home providers for any | 16 | | purposes not specifically provided for in this amendatory Act | 17 | | of the 94th General Assembly, including but not limited to, | 18 | | purposes of vicarious liability in tort and purposes of | 19 | | statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. Child and | 20 | | day care home providers shall not be covered by the State | 21 | | Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. | 22 | | "Public employer" or
"employer" as used in this Act, | 23 | | however, does not
mean and shall not include the General | 24 | | Assembly of the State of Illinois,
the Executive Ethics | 25 | | Commission, the Offices of the Executive Inspectors
General, | 26 | | the Legislative Ethics Commission, the Office of the |
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| 1 | | Legislative
Inspector General, the Office of the Auditor | 2 | | General's Inspector General, the State Board of Elections,
and | 3 | | educational employers or employers as defined in the Illinois
| 4 | | Educational Labor Relations Act, except with respect to a state | 5 | | university in
its employment of firefighters and peace officers | 6 | | and except with respect to a school district in the employment | 7 | | of peace officers in its own police department in existence on | 8 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 9 | | Assembly. County boards and county
sheriffs shall be
designated | 10 | | as joint or co-employers of county peace officers appointed
| 11 | | under the authority of a county sheriff. Nothing in this | 12 | | subsection
(o) shall be construed
to prevent the State Panel or | 13 | | the Local Panel
from determining that employers are joint or | 14 | | co-employers.
| 15 | | (o-5) With respect to
wages, fringe
benefits, hours, | 16 | | holidays, vacations, proficiency
examinations, sick leave, and | 17 | | other conditions of
employment, the public employer of public | 18 | | employees who are court reporters, as
defined in the Court | 19 | | Reporters Act, shall be determined as
follows:
| 20 | | (1) For court reporters employed by the Cook County | 21 | | Judicial
Circuit, the chief judge of the Cook County | 22 | | Circuit
Court is the public employer and employer | 23 | | representative.
| 24 | | (2) For court reporters employed by the 12th, 18th, | 25 | | 19th, and, on and after December 4, 2006, the 22nd judicial
| 26 | | circuits, a group consisting of the chief judges of those |
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| 1 | | circuits, acting
jointly by majority vote, is the public | 2 | | employer and employer representative.
| 3 | | (3) For court reporters employed by all other judicial | 4 | | circuits,
a group consisting of the chief judges of those | 5 | | circuits, acting jointly by
majority vote, is the public | 6 | | employer and employer representative.
| 7 | | (p) "Security employee" means an employee who is | 8 | | responsible for the
supervision and control of inmates at | 9 | | correctional facilities. The term
also includes other | 10 | | non-security employees in bargaining units having the
majority | 11 | | of employees being responsible for the supervision and control | 12 | | of
inmates at correctional facilities.
| 13 | | (q) "Short-term employee" means an employee who is employed | 14 | | for less
than 2 consecutive calendar quarters during a calendar | 15 | | year and who does
not have a reasonable assurance that he or | 16 | | she will be rehired by the
same employer for the same service | 17 | | in a subsequent calendar year.
| 18 | | (r) "Supervisor" is an employee whose principal work is | 19 | | substantially
different from that of his or her subordinates | 20 | | and who has authority, in the
interest of the employer, to | 21 | | hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall,
promote, discharge, | 22 | | direct, reward, or discipline employees, to adjust
their | 23 | | grievances, or to effectively recommend any of those actions, | 24 | | if the
exercise
of that authority is not of a merely routine or | 25 | | clerical nature, but
requires the consistent use of independent | 26 | | judgment. Except with respect to
police employment, the term |
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| 1 | | "supervisor" includes only those individuals
who devote a | 2 | | preponderance of their employment time to exercising that
| 3 | | authority, State supervisors notwithstanding. In addition, in | 4 | | determining
supervisory status in police employment, rank | 5 | | shall not be determinative.
The Board shall consider, as | 6 | | evidence of bargaining unit inclusion or
exclusion, the common | 7 | | law enforcement policies and relationships between
police | 8 | | officer ranks and certification under applicable civil service | 9 | | law,
ordinances, personnel codes, or Division 2.1 of Article 10 | 10 | | of the Illinois
Municipal Code, but these factors shall not
be | 11 | | the sole or predominant factors considered by the Board in | 12 | | determining
police supervisory status.
| 13 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, | 14 | | in determining
supervisory status in fire fighter employment, | 15 | | no fire fighter shall be
excluded as a supervisor who has | 16 | | established representation rights under
Section 9 of this Act. | 17 | | Further, in new fire fighter units, employees shall
consist of | 18 | | fire fighters of the rank of company officer and below. If a | 19 | | company officer otherwise qualifies as a supervisor under the | 20 | | preceding paragraph, however, he or she shall
not be included | 21 | | in the fire fighter
unit. If there is no rank between that of | 22 | | chief and the
highest company officer, the employer may | 23 | | designate a position on each
shift as a Shift Commander, and | 24 | | the persons occupying those positions shall
be supervisors. All | 25 | | other ranks above that of company officer shall be
supervisors.
| 26 | | (s)(1) "Unit" means a class of jobs or positions that are |
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| 1 | | held by
employees whose collective interests may suitably be | 2 | | represented by a labor
organization for collective bargaining. | 3 | | Except with respect to non-State fire
fighters and paramedics | 4 | | employed by fire departments and fire protection
districts, | 5 | | non-State peace officers, and peace officers in the Department | 6 | | of
State Police, a bargaining unit determined by the Board | 7 | | shall not include both
employees and supervisors, or | 8 | | supervisors only, except as provided in paragraph
(2) of this | 9 | | subsection (s) and except for bargaining units in existence on | 10 | | July
1, 1984 (the effective date of this Act). With respect to | 11 | | non-State fire
fighters and paramedics employed by fire | 12 | | departments and fire protection
districts, non-State peace | 13 | | officers, and peace officers in the Department of
State Police, | 14 | | a bargaining unit determined by the Board shall not include | 15 | | both
supervisors and nonsupervisors, or supervisors only, | 16 | | except as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection (s) and | 17 | | except for bargaining units in
existence on January 1, 1986 | 18 | | (the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1985). A | 19 | | bargaining unit determined by the Board to contain peace | 20 | | officers
shall contain no employees other than peace officers | 21 | | unless otherwise agreed to
by the employer and the labor | 22 | | organization or labor organizations involved.
Notwithstanding | 23 | | any other provision of this Act, a bargaining unit, including a
| 24 | | historical bargaining unit, containing sworn peace officers of | 25 | | the Department
of Natural Resources (formerly designated the | 26 | | Department of Conservation) shall
contain no employees other |
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| 1 | | than such sworn peace officers upon the effective
date of this | 2 | | amendatory Act of 1990 or upon the expiration date of any
| 3 | | collective bargaining agreement in effect upon the effective | 4 | | date of this
amendatory Act of 1990 covering both such sworn | 5 | | peace officers and other
employees.
| 6 | | (2) Notwithstanding the exclusion of supervisors from | 7 | | bargaining units
as provided in paragraph (1) of this | 8 | | subsection (s), a public
employer may agree to permit its | 9 | | supervisory employees to form bargaining units
and may bargain | 10 | | with those units. This Act shall apply if the public employer
| 11 | | chooses to bargain under this subsection.
| 12 | | (3) Public employees who are court reporters, as defined
in | 13 | | the Court Reporters Act,
shall be divided into 3 units for | 14 | | collective bargaining purposes. One unit
shall be court | 15 | | reporters employed by the Cook County Judicial Circuit; one
| 16 | | unit shall be court reporters employed by the 12th, 18th, 19th, | 17 | | and, on and after December 4, 2006, the 22nd judicial
circuits; | 18 | | and one unit shall be court reporters employed by all other
| 19 | | judicial circuits.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1257, eff. 7-23-10; 97-586, eff. 8-26-11.)
| 21 | | (5 ILCS 315/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 1606)
| 22 | | Sec. 6. Right to organize and bargain collectively; | 23 | | exclusive
representation; and fair share arrangements. | 24 | | (a) Employees of the State and
any political subdivision of | 25 | | the State, excluding employees of the General
Assembly of the |
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| 1 | | State of Illinois and employees excluded from the definition of | 2 | | "public employee" under subsection (n) of Section 3 of this | 3 | | Act , have, and are protected in the exercise
of, the right of | 4 | | self-organization,
and may form, join or assist any labor | 5 | | organization, to bargain collectively
through representatives | 6 | | of their own choosing on questions of wages, hours
and other | 7 | | conditions of employment, not excluded by Section 4 of this | 8 | | Act,
and to engage in other concerted activities not otherwise | 9 | | prohibited by law
for the purposes of collective bargaining or | 10 | | other mutual aid or protection,
free from interference, | 11 | | restraint or coercion. Employees also have, and
are protected | 12 | | in the exercise of, the right to refrain from participating
in | 13 | | any such concerted activities. Employees may be required,
| 14 | | pursuant to the terms of a lawful fair share agreement, to pay | 15 | | a fee which
shall be their proportionate share
of the costs of | 16 | | the collective bargaining process, contract administration
and | 17 | | pursuing matters affecting wages, hours and other conditions of | 18 | | employment
as defined in Section 3(g).
| 19 | | (b) Nothing in this Act prevents an employee from | 20 | | presenting a grievance
to the employer and having the grievance | 21 | | heard and settled without the
intervention of an employee | 22 | | organization; provided that the exclusive
bargaining | 23 | | representative is afforded the opportunity to be present at | 24 | | such
conference and that any settlement made shall not be | 25 | | inconsistent with the
terms of any agreement in effect between | 26 | | the employer and the exclusive
bargaining representative.
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| 1 | | (c) A labor organization designated by the Board as the | 2 | | representative
of the majority of public employees in an | 3 | | appropriate unit in accordance
with the procedures herein or | 4 | | recognized
by a public employer as the representative of the | 5 | | majority of public employees
in an appropriate unit is the | 6 | | exclusive representative for the employees
of such unit for the | 7 | | purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates
of pay, | 8 | | wages, hours and other conditions of employment not excluded by
| 9 | | Section 4 of this Act. A public employer is required upon | 10 | | request to furnish the exclusive bargaining representative | 11 | | with a complete list of the names and addresses of the public | 12 | | employees in the bargaining unit, provided that a public | 13 | | employer shall not be required to furnish such a list more than | 14 | | once per payroll period. The exclusive bargaining | 15 | | representative shall use the list exclusively for bargaining | 16 | | representation purposes and shall not disclose any information | 17 | | contained in the list for any other purpose. Nothing in this | 18 | | Section, however, shall prohibit a bargaining representative | 19 | | from disseminating a list of its union members.
| 20 | | (d) Labor organizations recognized by a public employer as | 21 | | the exclusive
representative or so designated in accordance | 22 | | with the provisions of this
Act are responsible for | 23 | | representing the interests of all public employees
in the unit. | 24 | | Nothing herein shall be construed to limit an exclusive
| 25 | | representative's right to exercise its discretion to refuse to | 26 | | process
grievances of employees that are unmeritorious.
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| 1 | | (e) When a collective bargaining agreement is entered into | 2 | | with an exclusive
representative, it may include in the | 3 | | agreement a provision requiring employees
covered by the | 4 | | agreement who are not members of the organization to pay
their | 5 | | proportionate share of the costs of the collective bargaining | 6 | | process,
contract administration and pursuing matters | 7 | | affecting wages, hours and
conditions of employment, as defined | 8 | | in Section 3 (g), but not to exceed
the amount of dues | 9 | | uniformly required of members. The organization shall
certify | 10 | | to the employer the amount constituting each nonmember | 11 | | employee's
proportionate share which shall not exceed dues | 12 | | uniformly required of members.
In such case, the proportionate | 13 | | share payment in this Section shall be deducted
by the employer | 14 | | from the earnings of the nonmember employees and paid to
the | 15 | | employee organization.
| 16 | | (f) Only the exclusive representative may negotiate
| 17 | | provisions in a collective bargaining agreement providing for | 18 | | the payroll
deduction of labor organization dues, fair share | 19 | | payment, initiation fees
and assessments. Except as provided in | 20 | | subsection (e) of this Section, any
such deductions shall only | 21 | | be made upon an employee's written
authorization, and continued | 22 | | until revoked in writing in the same manner or
until the | 23 | | termination date of an applicable collective bargaining
| 24 | | agreement. Such payments shall be paid to the exclusive | 25 | | representative.
| 26 | | Where a collective bargaining agreement is terminated, or |
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| 1 | | continues in effect beyond its scheduled expiration date | 2 | | pending the negotiation of a successor agreement or the | 3 | | resolution of an impasse under Section 14, the employer shall | 4 | | continue to honor and abide by any dues deduction or fair share | 5 | | clause contained therein until a new agreement is reached | 6 | | including dues deduction or a fair share clause. For the | 7 | | benefit of any successor exclusive representative certified | 8 | | under this Act, this provision shall be applicable, provided | 9 | | the successor exclusive representative: | 10 | | (i) certifies to the employer the amount constituting | 11 | | each non-member's proportionate share under subsection | 12 | | (e); or | 13 | | (ii) presents the employer with employee written | 14 | | authorizations for the deduction of dues, assessments, and | 15 | | fees under this subsection. | 16 | | Failure to so honor and abide by dues deduction or fair | 17 | | share clauses for the benefit of any exclusive representative, | 18 | | including a successor, shall be a violation of the duty to | 19 | | bargain and an unfair labor practice.
| 20 | | (g) Agreements containing a fair share agreement must | 21 | | safeguard the right
of nonassociation of employees based upon | 22 | | bona fide religious tenets or
teachings of a church or | 23 | | religious body of which such employees are members.
Such | 24 | | employees may be required to pay an amount equal to their fair | 25 | | share,
determined under a lawful fair share agreement, to a | 26 | | nonreligious charitable
organization mutually agreed upon by |
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| 1 | | the employees affected and the exclusive
bargaining | 2 | | representative to which such employees would otherwise pay such
| 3 | | service fee. If the affected employees and the bargaining | 4 | | representative
are unable to reach an agreement on the matter, | 5 | | the Board may establish an
approved list of charitable | 6 | | organizations to which such payments may be made.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 93-854, eff. 1-1-05; 94-472, eff. 1-1-06.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.
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