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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A BILL FOR

 

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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.)