Public Act 1080 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Public Act 093-1080

AN ACT concerning public labor relations.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

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

Sec. 20. Prohibitions.

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

(b) This Act shall not be applicable to units of local government employing less than 5 35 employees, except with respect to bargaining units in existence on the effective date of this Act and fire protection districts required by the Fire Protection District Act to appoint a Board of Fire Commissioners.

(Source: P.A. 87-736.)

Effective Date: 6/1/2005