Bill Text: IL SB2430 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that the Illinois Labor Relations Board shall determine whether refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with a labor organization that is the exclusive representative of public employees in an appropriate unit, including, but not limited to, the discussing of grievances with the exclusive representative, was of a serious enough nature that it may undermined or significantly impact the collective bargaining process such that other traditional remedies may not remedy the violation if the Board is unable to order a make-whole remedy. Sets forth standards to make the determination and the option to order impasse arbitration. Provides that parties continue to have a duty to engage in good faith bargaining during the pendency of impasse arbitration procedures. Provides that the Board shall have authority to order make-whole relief, including, but not limited to, consequential damages and front pay for injuries suffered by employees or a labor organization as a result of an unfair labor practice. Provides that violators may also be subject to liquidated damages in an amount equal to any monetary make-whole relief ordered by the Board unless the employer can show it acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to believe it was acting in compliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2430 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2430-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2430 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 315/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1611
5 ILCS 315/11.5 new
5 ILCS 315/14 from Ch. 48, par. 1614
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that the Illinois Labor Relations Board shall determine whether refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with a labor organization that is the exclusive representative of public employees in an appropriate unit, including, but not limited to, the discussing of grievances with the exclusive representative, was of a serious enough nature that it may undermined or significantly impact the collective bargaining process such that other traditional remedies may not remedy the violation if the Board is unable to order a make-whole remedy. Sets forth standards to make the determination and the option to order impasse arbitration. Provides that parties continue to have a duty to engage in good faith bargaining during the pendency of impasse arbitration procedures. Provides that the Board shall have authority to order make-whole relief, including, but not limited to, consequential damages and front pay for injuries suffered by employees or a labor organization as a result of an unfair labor practice. Provides that violators may also be subject to liquidated damages in an amount equal to any monetary make-whole relief ordered by the Board unless the employer can show it acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to believe it was acting in compliance.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
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 Sections 11 and 14 and by adding Section
11.5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 315/11) (from Ch. 48, par. 1611)
Sec. 11. Unfair labor practice procedures. Unfair labor
practices may be dealt with by the Board in the following
manner:
(a) Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in
or is engaging in any unfair labor practice, the Board or any
agent designated by the Board for such purposes, shall conduct
an investigation of the charge. If after such investigation
the Board finds that the charge involves a dispositive issue
of law or fact the Board shall issue a complaint and cause to
be served upon the person a complaint stating the charges,
accompanied by a notice of hearing before the Board or a member
thereof designated by the Board, or before a qualified hearing
officer designated by the Board at the offices of the Board or
such other location as the Board deems appropriate, not less
than 5 days after serving of such complaint provided that no
complaint shall issue based upon any unfair labor practice

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occurring more than six months prior to the filing of a charge
with the Board and the service of a copy thereof upon the
person against whom the charge is made, unless the person
aggrieved thereby did not reasonably have knowledge of the
alleged unfair labor practice or was prevented from filing
such a charge by reason of service in the armed forces, in
which event the six month period shall be computed from the
date of his discharge. Any such complaint may be amended by the
member or hearing officer conducting the hearing for the Board
in his discretion at any time prior to the issuance of an order
based thereon. The person who is the subject of the complaint
has the right to file an answer to the original or amended
complaint and to appear in person or by a representative and
give testimony at the place and time fixed in the complaint. In
the discretion of the member or hearing officer conducting the
hearing or the Board, any other person may be allowed to
intervene in the proceeding and to present testimony. In any
hearing conducted by the Board, neither the Board nor the
member or agent conducting the hearing shall be bound by the
rules of evidence applicable to courts, except as to the rules
of privilege recognized by law.
(b) The Board shall have the power to issue subpoenas and
administer oaths. If any party wilfully fails or neglects to
appear or testify or to produce books, papers and records
pursuant to the issuance of a subpoena by the Board, the Board
may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to request that

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such party be ordered to appear before the Board to testify or
produce the requested evidence.
(c) Any testimony taken by the Board, or a member
designated by the Board or a hearing officer thereof, must be
reduced to writing and filed with the Board. A full and
complete record shall be kept of all proceedings before the
Board, and all proceedings shall be transcribed by a reporter
appointed by the Board. The party on whom the burden of proof
rests shall be required to sustain such burden by a
preponderance of the evidence. If, upon a preponderance of the
evidence taken, the Board is of the opinion that any person
named in the charge has engaged in or is engaging in an unfair
labor practice, then it shall state its findings of fact and
shall issue and cause to be served upon the person an order
requiring him to cease and desist from the unfair labor
practice, and to take such affirmative action, including
reinstatement of public employees with or without back pay, as
will effectuate the policies of this Act. If the Board awards
back pay, it shall also award interest at the rate of 7% per
annum. The Board's order may further require the person to
make reports from time to time, and demonstrate the extent to
which he has complied with the order. If there is no
preponderance of evidence to indicate to the Board that the
person named in the charge has engaged in or is engaging in the
unfair labor practice, then the Board shall state its findings
of fact and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint. The

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Board's order may in its discretion also include an
appropriate sanction, based on the Board's rules and
regulations, and the sanction may include an order to pay the
other party or parties' reasonable expenses including costs
and reasonable attorney's fee, if the other party has made
allegations or denials without reasonable cause and found to
be untrue or has engaged in frivolous litigation for the
purpose of delay or needless increase in the cost of
litigation; the State of Illinois or any agency thereof shall
be subject to the provisions of this sentence in the same
manner as any other party. The Board shall determine whether a
violation of paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Section 10 was
of a serious enough nature that it may have frustrated the
purposes of this Act by undermining or significantly impacting
the collective bargaining process such that other traditional
remedies may not remedy the violation if the Board is unable to
order a make-whole remedy. Reasons for such a determination
include the passage of time, that the violation was of a nature
that could undermine support for a labor organization, or that
the violation may otherwise undermine the labor organization's
bargaining strength. Should the Board make such a
determination that the violation frustrated the purposes of
this Act, the Board shall include the availability of interest
arbitration in its order and, upon request of the charging
party, the parties must participate in the impasse arbitration
procedures set forth in Section 14, except that: (i) the right

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to strike shall not be considered waived pursuant to Section
17 until the actual convening of the arbitration hearing and;
(ii) the commencement of a new fiscal year shall not be deemed
to impair the jurisdiction or authority of the arbitration
panel or its decision. The parties continue to have a duty to
engage in good faith bargaining during the pendency of impasse
arbitration procedures.
(d) Until the record in a case has been filed in court, the
Board at any time, upon reasonable notice and in such manner as
it deems proper, may modify or set aside, in whole or in part,
any finding or order made or issued by it.
(e) A charging party or any person aggrieved by a final
order of the Board granting or denying in whole or in part the
relief sought may apply for and obtain judicial review of an
order of the Board entered under this Act, in accordance with
the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as now or
hereafter amended, except that such judicial review shall be
afforded directly in the appellate court for the district in
which the aggrieved party resides or transacts business, and
provided, that such judicial review shall not be available for
the purpose of challenging a final order issued by the Board
pursuant to Section 9 of this Act for which judicial review has
been petitioned pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 9. Any
direct appeal to the Appellate Court shall be filed within 35
days from the date that a copy of the decision sought to be
reviewed was served upon the party affected by the decision.

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The filing of such an appeal to the Appellate Court shall not
automatically stay the enforcement of the Board's order. An
aggrieved party may apply to the Appellate Court for a stay of
the enforcement of the Board's order after the aggrieved party
has followed the procedure prescribed by Supreme Court Rule
335. The Board in proceedings under this Section may obtain an
order of the court for the enforcement of its order.
(f) Whenever it appears that any person has violated a
final order of the Board issued pursuant to this Section, the
Board must commence an action in the name of the People of the
State of Illinois by petition, alleging the violation,
attaching a copy of the order of the Board, and praying for the
issuance of an order directing the person, his officers,
agents, servants, successors, and assigns to comply with the
order of the Board. The Board shall be represented in this
action by the Attorney General in accordance with the Attorney
General Act. The court may grant or refuse, in whole or in
part, the relief sought, provided that the court may stay an
order of the Board in accordance with the Administrative
Review Law, pending disposition of the proceedings. The court
may punish a violation of its order as in civil contempt.
(g) The proceedings provided in paragraph (f) of this
Section shall be commenced in the Appellate Court for the
district where the unfair labor practice which is the subject
of the Board's order was committed, or where a person required
to cease and desist by such order resides or transacts

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business.
(h) The Board through the Attorney General, shall have
power, upon issuance of an unfair labor practice complaint
alleging that a person has engaged in or is engaging in an
unfair labor practice, to petition the circuit court where the
alleged unfair labor practice which is the subject of the
Board's complaint was allegedly committed, or where a person
required to cease and desist from such alleged unfair labor
practice resides or transacts business, for appropriate
temporary relief or restraining order. Upon the filing of any
such petition, the court shall cause notice thereof to be
served upon such persons, and thereupon shall have
jurisdiction to grant to the Board such temporary relief or
restraining order as it deems just and proper.
(i) If an unfair labor practice charge involves the
interpretation or application of a collective bargaining
agreement and said agreement contains a grievance procedure
with binding arbitration as its terminal step, the Board may
defer the resolution of such dispute to the grievance and
arbitration procedure contained in said agreement.
(Source: P.A. 100-516, eff. 9-22-17.)
(5 ILCS 315/11.5 new)
Sec. 11.5. Make-whole relief.
(a) The Board may order make-whole relief, including, but
not limited to consequential damages and front pay for

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injuries suffered by employees or a labor organization as a
result of an unfair labor practice. In determining appropriate
relief for a violation of paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
Section 10 serious enough to have frustrated the purposes of
the Act and that may have undermined or significantly impacted
the collective bargaining process, the Board shall take into
consideration factors that normally determine the outcome of
collective bargaining when such bargaining has been conducted
in good faith.
(b) Violators of subsection (a) of Section 10 shall also
be subject to liquidated damages in an amount equal to any
monetary make-whole relief ordered by the Board unless the
employer can show it acted in good faith and had reasonable
grounds to believe it was acting in compliance with this Act.
(5 ILCS 315/14) (from Ch. 48, par. 1614)
Sec. 14. Security employee, peace officer and fire fighter
disputes.
(a) In the case of collective bargaining agreements
involving units of security employees of a public employer,
Peace Officer Units, or units of fire fighters or paramedics,
and in the case of disputes under Sections 11 and Section 18,
unless the parties mutually agree to some other time limit,
mediation shall commence 30 days prior to the expiration date
of such agreement or at such later time as the mediation
services chosen under subsection (b) of Section 12 can be

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provided to the parties. In the case of negotiations for an
initial collective bargaining agreement, mediation shall
commence upon 15 days notice from either party or at such later
time as the mediation services chosen pursuant to subsection
(b) of Section 12 can be provided to the parties. In mediation
under this Section, if either party requests the use of
mediation services from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service, the other party shall either join in such request or
bear the additional cost of mediation services from another
source. The mediator shall have a duty to keep the Board
informed on the progress of the mediation. If any dispute has
not been resolved within 15 days after the first meeting of the
parties and the mediator, or within such other time limit as
may be mutually agreed upon by the parties, either the
exclusive representative or employer may request of the other,
in writing, arbitration, and shall submit a copy of the
request to the Board.
(b) Within 10 days after such a request for arbitration
has been made, the employer shall choose a delegate and the
employees' exclusive representative shall choose a delegate to
a panel of arbitration as provided in this Section. The
employer and employees shall forthwith advise the other and
the Board of their selections.
(c) Within 7 days after the request of either party, the
parties shall request a panel of impartial arbitrators from
which they shall select the neutral chairman according to the

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procedures provided in this Section. If the parties have
agreed to a contract that contains a grievance resolution
procedure as provided in Section 8, the chairman shall be
selected using their agreed contract procedure unless they
mutually agree to another procedure. If the parties fail to
notify the Board of their selection of neutral chairman within
7 days after receipt of the list of impartial arbitrators, the
Board shall appoint, at random, a neutral chairman from the
list. In the absence of an agreed contract procedure for
selecting an impartial arbitrator, either party may request a
panel from the Board. Within 7 days of the request of either
party, the Board shall select from the Public Employees Labor
Mediation Roster 7 persons who are on the labor arbitration
panels of either the American Arbitration Association or the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, or who are members
of the National Academy of Arbitrators, as nominees for
impartial arbitrator of the arbitration panel. The parties may
select an individual on the list provided by the Board or any
other individual mutually agreed upon by the parties. Within 7
days following the receipt of the list, the parties shall
notify the Board of the person they have selected. Unless the
parties agree on an alternate selection procedure, they shall
alternatively strike one name from the list provided by the
Board until only one name remains. A coin toss shall determine
which party shall strike the first name. If the parties fail to
notify the Board in a timely manner of their selection for

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neutral chairman, the Board shall appoint a neutral chairman
from the Illinois Public Employees Mediation/Arbitration
Roster.
(d) The chairman shall call a hearing to begin within 15
days and give reasonable notice of the time and place of the
hearing. The hearing shall be held at the offices of the Board
or at such other location as the Board deems appropriate. The
chairman shall preside over the hearing and shall take
testimony. Any oral or documentary evidence and other data
deemed relevant by the arbitration panel may be received in
evidence. The proceedings shall be informal. Technical rules
of evidence shall not apply and the competency of the evidence
shall not thereby be deemed impaired. A verbatim record of the
proceedings shall be made and the arbitrator shall arrange for
the necessary recording service. Transcripts may be ordered at
the expense of the party ordering them, but the transcripts
shall not be necessary for a decision by the arbitration
panel. The expense of the proceedings, including a fee for the
chairman, shall be borne equally by each of the parties to the
dispute. The delegates, if public officers or employees, shall
continue on the payroll of the public employer without loss of
pay. The hearing conducted by the arbitration panel may be
adjourned from time to time, but unless otherwise agreed by
the parties, shall be concluded within 30 days of the time of
its commencement. Majority actions and rulings shall
constitute the actions and rulings of the arbitration panel.

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Arbitration proceedings under this Section shall not be
interrupted or terminated by reason of any unfair labor
practice charge filed by either party at any time.
(e) The arbitration panel may administer oaths, require
the attendance of witnesses, and the production of such books,
papers, contracts, agreements and documents as may be deemed
by it material to a just determination of the issues in
dispute, and for such purpose may issue subpoenas. If any
person refuses to obey a subpoena, or refuses to be sworn or to
testify, or if any witness, party or attorney is guilty of any
contempt while in attendance at any hearing, the arbitration
panel may, or the attorney general if requested shall, invoke
the aid of any circuit court within the jurisdiction in which
the hearing is being held, which court shall issue an
appropriate order. Any failure to obey the order may be
punished by the court as contempt.
(f) At any time before the rendering of an award, the
chairman of the arbitration panel, if he is of the opinion that
it would be useful or beneficial to do so, may remand the
dispute to the parties for further collective bargaining for a
period not to exceed 2 weeks. If the dispute is remanded for
further collective bargaining the time provisions of this Act
shall be extended for a time period equal to that of the
remand. The chairman of the panel of arbitration shall notify
the Board of the remand.
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pursuant to subsection (d), the arbitration panel shall
identify the economic issues in dispute, and direct each of
the parties to submit, within such time limit as the panel
shall prescribe, to the arbitration panel and to each other
its last offer of settlement on each economic issue. The
determination of the arbitration panel as to the issues in
dispute and as to which of these issues are economic shall be
conclusive. The arbitration panel, within 30 days after the
conclusion of the hearing, or such further additional periods
to which the parties may agree, shall make written findings of
fact and promulgate a written opinion and shall mail or
otherwise deliver a true copy thereof to the parties and their
representatives and to the Board. As to each economic issue,
the arbitration panel shall adopt the last offer of settlement
which, in the opinion of the arbitration panel, more nearly
complies with the applicable factors prescribed in subsection
(h). The findings, opinions and order as to all other issues
shall be based upon the applicable factors prescribed in
subsection (h).
(h) Where there is no agreement between the parties, or
where there is an agreement but the parties have begun
negotiations or discussions looking to a new agreement or
amendment of the existing agreement, and wage rates or other
conditions of employment under the proposed new or amended
agreement are in dispute, the arbitration panel shall base its
findings, opinions and order upon the following factors, as

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applicable:
(1) The lawful authority of the employer.
(2) Stipulations of the parties.
(3) The interests and welfare of the public and the
financial ability of the unit of government to meet those
costs.
(4) Comparison of the wages, hours and conditions of
employment of the employees involved in the arbitration
proceeding with the wages, hours and conditions of
employment of other employees performing similar services
and with other employees generally:
(A) In public employment in comparable
communities.
(B) In private employment in comparable
communities.
(5) The average consumer prices for goods and
services, commonly known as the cost of living.
(6) The overall compensation presently received by the
employees, including direct wage compensation, vacations,
holidays and other excused time, insurance and pensions,
medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and
stability of employment and all other benefits received.
(7) Changes in any of the foregoing circumstances
during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings.
(8) Such other factors, not confined to the foregoing,
which are normally or traditionally taken into

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consideration in the determination of wages, hours and
conditions of employment through voluntary collective
bargaining, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration or
otherwise between the parties, in the public service or in
private employment.
(i) In the case of peace officers, the arbitration
decision shall be limited to wages, hours, and conditions of
employment (which may include residency requirements in
municipalities with a population under 100,000, but those
residency requirements shall not allow residency outside of
Illinois) and shall not include the following: i) residency
requirements in municipalities with a population of at least
100,000; ii) the type of equipment, other than uniforms,
issued or used; iii) manning; iv) the total number of
employees employed by the department; v) mutual aid and
assistance agreements to other units of government; and vi)
the criterion pursuant to which force, including deadly force,
can be used; provided, nothing herein shall preclude an
arbitration decision regarding equipment or manning levels if
such decision is based on a finding that the equipment or
manning considerations in a specific work assignment involve a
serious risk to the safety of a peace officer beyond that which
is inherent in the normal performance of police duties.
Limitation of the terms of the arbitration decision pursuant
to this subsection shall not be construed to limit the factors
upon which the decision may be based, as set forth in

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subsection (h).
In the case of fire fighter, and fire department or fire
district paramedic matters, the arbitration decision shall be
limited to wages, hours, and conditions of employment
(including manning and also including residency requirements
in municipalities with a population under 1,000,000, but those
residency requirements shall not allow residency outside of
Illinois) and shall not include the following matters: i)
residency requirements in municipalities with a population of
at least 1,000,000; ii) the type of equipment (other than
uniforms and fire fighter turnout gear) issued or used; iii)
the total number of employees employed by the department; iv)
mutual aid and assistance agreements to other units of
government; and v) the criterion pursuant to which force,
including deadly force, can be used; provided, however,
nothing herein shall preclude an arbitration decision
regarding equipment levels if such decision is based on a
finding that the equipment considerations in a specific work
assignment involve a serious risk to the safety of a fire
fighter beyond that which is inherent in the normal
performance of fire fighter duties. Limitation of the terms of
the arbitration decision pursuant to this subsection shall not
be construed to limit the facts upon which the decision may be
based, as set forth in subsection (h).
The changes to this subsection (i) made by Public Act
90-385 (relating to residency requirements) do not apply to

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persons who are employed by a combined department that
performs both police and firefighting services; these persons
shall be governed by the provisions of this subsection (i)
relating to peace officers, as they existed before the
amendment by Public Act 90-385.
To preserve historical bargaining rights, this subsection
shall not apply to any provision of a fire fighter collective
bargaining agreement in effect and applicable on the effective
date of this Act; provided, however, nothing herein shall
preclude arbitration with respect to any such provision.
(j) Arbitration procedures shall be deemed to be initiated
by the filing of a letter requesting mediation as required
under subsection (a) of this Section. The commencement of a
new municipal fiscal year after the initiation of arbitration
procedures under this Act, but before the arbitration
decision, or its enforcement, shall not be deemed to render a
dispute moot, or to otherwise impair the jurisdiction or
authority of the arbitration panel or its decision. Increases
in rates of compensation awarded by the arbitration panel may
be effective only at the start of the fiscal year next
commencing after the date of the arbitration award. If a new
fiscal year has commenced either since the initiation of
arbitration procedures under this Act or since any mutually
agreed extension of the statutorily required period of
mediation under this Act by the parties to the labor dispute
causing a delay in the initiation of arbitration, the

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foregoing limitations shall be inapplicable, and such awarded
increases may be retroactive to the commencement of the fiscal
year, any other statute or charter provisions to the contrary,
notwithstanding. At any time the parties, by stipulation, may
amend or modify an award of arbitration.
(k) Orders of the arbitration panel shall be reviewable,
upon appropriate petition by either the public employer or the
exclusive bargaining representative, by the circuit court for
the county in which the dispute arose or in which a majority of
the affected employees reside, but only for reasons that the
arbitration panel was without or exceeded its statutory
authority; the order is arbitrary, or capricious; or the order
was procured by fraud, collusion or other similar and unlawful
means. Such petitions for review must be filed with the
appropriate circuit court within 90 days following the
issuance of the arbitration order. The pendency of such
proceeding for review shall not automatically stay the order
of the arbitration panel. The party against whom the final
decision of any such court shall be adverse, if such court
finds such appeal or petition to be frivolous, shall pay
reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the successful party
as determined by said court in its discretion. If said court's
decision affirms the award of money, such award, if
retroactive, shall bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per
annum from the effective retroactive date.
(l) During the pendency of proceedings before the

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arbitration panel, existing wages, hours, and other conditions
of employment shall not be changed by action of either party
without the consent of the other but a party may so consent
without prejudice to his rights or position under this Act.
The proceedings are deemed to be pending before the
arbitration panel upon the initiation of arbitration
procedures under this Act.
(m) Security officers of public employers, and Peace
Officers, Fire Fighters and fire department and fire
protection district paramedics, covered by this Section may
not withhold services, nor may public employers lock out or
prevent such employees from performing services at any time.
(n) All of the terms decided upon by the arbitration panel
shall be included in an agreement to be submitted to the public
employer's governing body for ratification and adoption by
law, ordinance or the equivalent appropriate means.
The governing body shall review each term decided by the
arbitration panel. If the governing body fails to reject one
or more terms of the arbitration panel's decision by a 3/5 vote
of those duly elected and qualified members of the governing
body, within 20 days of issuance, or in the case of
firefighters employed by a state university, at the next
regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body after
issuance, such term or terms shall become a part of the
collective bargaining agreement of the parties. If the
governing body affirmatively rejects one or more terms of the

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arbitration panel's decision, it must provide reasons for such
rejection with respect to each term so rejected, within 20
days of such rejection and the parties shall return to the
arbitration panel for further proceedings and issuance of a
supplemental decision with respect to the rejected terms. Any
supplemental decision by an arbitration panel or other
decision maker agreed to by the parties shall be submitted to
the governing body for ratification and adoption in accordance
with the procedures and voting requirements set forth in this
Section. The voting requirements of this subsection shall
apply to all disputes submitted to arbitration pursuant to
this Section notwithstanding any contrary voting requirements
contained in any existing collective bargaining agreement
between the parties.
(o) If the governing body of the employer votes to reject
the panel's decision, the parties shall return to the panel
within 30 days from the issuance of the reasons for rejection
for further proceedings and issuance of a supplemental
decision. All reasonable costs of such supplemental proceeding
including the exclusive representative's reasonable attorney's
fees, as established by the Board, shall be paid by the
employer.
(p) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section the
employer and exclusive representative may agree to submit
unresolved disputes concerning wages, hours, terms and
conditions of employment to an alternative form of impasse

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resolution.
The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public Act
101-652 take effect July 1, 2022.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21.)