HB4960 Summary

• Modifies the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act to apply definitions of "confidential employee" and "managerial employee" to all public employees, with specific requirements that determinations be based on actual job duties rather than job titles alone.

• Prohibits exclusion of any public employee position from a bargaining unit prior to that position being filled.

• Requires the Illinois Labor Relations Board to describe bargaining units in job function terms (rather than job titles) upon request, and to include positions later filled that perform the same job functions or are successor titles.

• Revises supervisor and managerial employee definitions to require majority (rather than preponderance) of employment time devoted to supervisory duties, and clarifies that professional employees exercising discretion does not constitute evidence of managerial functions.

• Adds provisions allowing public employers to permit managerial employees to form separate bargaining units and collectively bargain, with changes made only in accordance with Section 9 procedures.