SB0525 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act to require determinations of confidential employee, managerial employee, and supervisor status be based on actual job duties rather than solely on written job descriptions.

• Establishes specific criteria for unit clarification petitions, allowing them when substantial changes occur in job duties, new titles are created, statutory law changes, or other enumerated circumstances affect bargaining unit placement.

• Modifies Section 21.5 to limit collective bargaining agreements with executive branch constitutional officers to no more than 12 months after the date constitutional officers take office, and prohibits salary or benefit increases during the first six months of their terms except those required by duty to maintain status quo and bargain in good faith.

• Clarifies that the Illinois Labor Relations Board must base supervisory status determinations on actual employee duties and conduct, particularly in law enforcement where rank alone is not determinative.