Illinois House Bill 2973: IPLRA-PUB DEF

Illinois · 104th session

What it does

Further amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, "managerial employee" does not include Assistant State's Attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders, Assistant Appellate Defenders, Assistant Appellate Prosecutors, or attorneys in the office of the Cook County Public Guardian, so long as the duties and responsibilities performed by a given position do not otherwise establish those Assistant State's Attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders, Assistant Appellate Prosecutors, Assistant Appellate Defenders, or attorneys in the office of the Cook County Public Guardian as managerial employees as defined in the Act. Specifies that Assistant State's Attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders, Assistant Appellate Prosecutors, Assistant Appellate Defenders, and attorneys in the office of the Cook County Public Guardian shall not be determined to be managerial employees as a matter of law. Deletes a definition of the term "public sector attorney". Deletes provisions limiting the authority of public sector attorneys to strike.

Latest action

Referred to Assignments (2025-04-14)

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