Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

Filed: 2/16/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 580

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 580 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Sections 2 and 4 and by adding Section 7.7
6as follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 315/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1602)
8    Sec. 2. Policy. It is the public policy of the State of
9Illinois to grant public employees full freedom of association,
10self-organization, and designation of representatives of their
11own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours and
12other conditions of employment or other mutual aid or
13protection.
14    It is also the public policy of the State of Illinois to
15eliminate underutilization, and to promote advancement, of
16African Americans in State government jobs. Where skill and

 

 

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1ability are relatively equal and there exists an
2underutilization of an African American employee in a given
3geographical region or job category, it is the State's moral
4obligation to set aside arbitrary barriers like seniority rules
5that stand in the way of eradicating underutilization.
6    It is the purpose of this Act to regulate labor relations
7between public employers and employees, including the
8designation of employee representatives, negotiation of wages,
9hours and other conditions of employment, and resolution of
10disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements.
11    It is the purpose of this Act to prescribe the legitimate
12rights of both public employees and public employers, to
13protect the public health and safety of the citizens of
14Illinois, and to provide peaceful and orderly procedures for
15protection of the rights of all. To prevent labor strife and to
16protect the public health and safety of the citizens of
17Illinois, all collective bargaining disputes involving persons
18designated by the Board as performing essential services and
19those persons defined herein as security employees shall be
20submitted to impartial arbitrators, who shall be authorized to
21issue awards in order to resolve such disputes. It is the
22public policy of the State of Illinois that where the right of
23employees to strike is prohibited by law, it is necessary to
24afford an alternate, expeditious, equitable and effective
25procedure for the resolution of labor disputes subject to
26approval procedures mandated by this Act. To that end, the

 

 

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1provisions for such awards shall be liberally construed.
2(Source: P.A. 83-1012.)
 
3    (5 ILCS 315/4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1604)
4    (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
5which has been held unconstitutional)
6    Sec. 4. Management Rights. Employers shall not be required
7to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy, which
8shall include such areas of discretion or policy as the
9functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
10budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
11employees, examination techniques and direction of employees.
12Employers, however, shall be required to bargain collectively
13with regard to policy matters directly affecting wages, hours
14and terms and conditions of employment as well as the impact
15thereon upon request by employee representatives, except as
16provided in Section 7.5.
17    To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive
18representatives which have established collective bargaining
19relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
20prior to the effective date of this Act, employers shall be
21required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
22concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about which
23they have bargained for and agreed to in a collective
24bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of this Act,
25except as provided in Section 7.5.

 

 

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1    The chief judge of the judicial circuit that employs a
2public employee who is a court reporter, as defined in the
3Court Reporters Act, has the authority to hire, appoint,
4promote, evaluate, discipline, and discharge court reporters
5within that judicial circuit.
6    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
7shall be construed to intrude upon the judicial functions of
8any court. This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
9applies only to nonjudicial administrative matters relating to
10the collective bargaining rights of court reporters.
11(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
12    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
13which has been held unconstitutional)
14    Sec. 4. Management Rights. Employers shall not be required
15to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy, which
16shall include such areas of discretion or policy as the
17functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
18budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
19employees, examination techniques and direction of employees.
20Employers, however, shall be required to bargain collectively
21with regard to policy matters directly affecting wages, hours
22and terms and conditions of employment as well as the impact
23thereon upon request by employee representatives, except as
24provided in Section 7.7.
25    To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive

 

 

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1representatives which have established collective bargaining
2relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
3prior to the effective date of this Act, employers shall be
4required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
5concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about which
6they have bargained for and agreed to in a collective
7bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of this Act,
8except as provided in Section 7.7.
9    The chief judge of the judicial circuit that employs a
10public employee who is a court reporter, as defined in the
11Court Reporters Act, has the authority to hire, appoint,
12promote, evaluate, discipline, and discharge court reporters
13within that judicial circuit.
14    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
15shall be construed to intrude upon the judicial functions of
16any court. This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
17applies only to nonjudicial administrative matters relating to
18the collective bargaining rights of court reporters.
19(Source: P.A. 94-98, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
20    (5 ILCS 315/7.7 new)
21    Sec. 7.7. Prohibited subjects of bargaining.
22    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, an employer
23shall not be required to bargain over matters of employee
24seniority (or time in service) when consideration of seniority
25would prevent the employer from filling a vacancy by hiring or

 

 

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1promoting an equally qualified employee who helps reduce
2African American employee underutilization in the geographical
3region or job category where the vacancy occurred.
4    (b) In case of any conflict between this Section and any
5other provisions of this Act or any other law, the provisions
6of this Section shall control.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.".