SB1305 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act to require arbitration panels to "fully consider" statutory factors when deciding disputes over wages and employment conditions for security employees, peace officers, and firefighters.

• Specifies that the statutory factor regarding a unit of government's "financial ability to meet costs" must be based on current tax levels, budget considerations, current budget shortfalls, pension funding obligations, increased benefit costs, and proportionality of past wage increases to budgetary considerations, without regard to the ability to increase tax levels.

• Applies to disputes involving new or amended collective bargaining agreements for security employees, peace officers, firefighters, and paramedics covered under the arbitration provisions of the Public Labor Relations Act.