HB5089 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act by modifying the definition of "supervisor" to remove the requirement that supervisors devote a preponderance of employment time to supervisory duties, except in police employment contexts.

• Clarifies that in police employment, rank is not determinative of supervisory status, and the Board must consider law enforcement policies and civil service relationships but these factors cannot be the sole or predominant basis for determining supervisory status.

• Specifies that fire fighter supervisors with established representation rights under Section 9 cannot be excluded from fire fighter bargaining units, and limits fire fighter units to employees at the rank of company officer and below.

• Applies the revised supervisor definition to State employees in positions under the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer that were certified in bargaining units on or after December 2, 2008, or subject to petitions filed on or after April 5, 2013.

• References 40 specific active petition case numbers related to bargaining unit certification before the Illinois Public Labor Relations Board.