SB 2508

Abstract

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Sets forth the circumstances under which a labor organization or an employer may file a unit clarification petition seeking to clarify an existing bargaining unit. Requires the Illinois Labor Relations Board to describe, at a party's request, the appropriate bargaining unit in job function terms rather than by job titles. Provides that no collective bargaining agreement between an executive branch constitutional officer or any agency or department of an executive branch constitutional officer and a labor organization may extend more than 12 months after the date on which the terms of office of executive branch constitutional officers begin (rather than may extend beyond June 30 of the year in which the terms of office of executive branch constitutional officers begin). In a provision prohibiting collective bargaining agreements that provide for an increase in salary, wages, or benefits starting on or after the first day of the terms of office of executive branch constitutional officers and ending June 30 of that same year, provides that the prohibition shall not apply to agreements concerning salary, pay schedules, or benefits that would continue because of the duty to maintain the status quo and to bargain in good faith. Makes changes to several defined terms. Effective immediately.