98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0601

Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
115 ILCS 5/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1704

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning employer rights.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
6 (115 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1704)
7 Sec. 4. Employer rights. Employers shall not be required to
8bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy, which shall
9include such areas of discretion or policy as the the functions
10of the employer, standards of services, its overall budget, the
11organizational structure and selection of new employees and
12direction of employees. Employers, however, shall be required
13to bargain collectively with regard to policy matters directly
14affecting wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment
15as well as the impact thereon upon request by employee
16representatives. To preserve the rights of employers and
17exclusive representatives which have established collective
18bargaining relationships or negotiated collective bargaining
19agreements prior to the effective date of this Act, employers
20shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to any
21matter concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment
22about which they have bargained for and agreed to in a
23collective bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of

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1this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)