Illinois Compiled Statutes
110 ILCS 70/36o (2026)
Demotion, removal, and discharge
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(110 ILCS 70/36o)
(from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b14)
Sec. 36o. Demotion, removal, and discharge. (a) After the completion of his or her probationary period, no employee shall be
demoted, removed or discharged except for just cause, upon written charges,
and after an opportunity to be heard in his or her own defense if he or she makes a
written request for a hearing to the Merit Board within 15 days after the
serving of the written charges upon him or her. (b) Upon the filing of such a request
for a hearing, the Merit Board shall grant such hearing by a hearing board or hearing officer appointed by the Merit Board to commence within
45 days from the date of the service of the demotion, removal, or discharge
notice, which may be continued from time to time. The hearing board or hearing officer shall make and
render findings of facts on the charges and transmit to the Merit Board a
transcript of the evidence along with the hearing board's or hearing officer's findings of fact. The findings of
the hearing board or hearing officer when approved by the Merit Board shall be certified to
the parties. (c) If cause for demotion, removal, or discharge is found, the
employee shall be immediately demoted, removed, or discharged from the service. If cause is not
found, the employee shall forthwith be reassigned to perform the duties of
a position in his or her classification without loss of compensation. (d) In the
course of the hearing, the Executive Director of the Merit Board shall have power to
administer oaths and to secure by subpoena the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to the inquiry.
(e) The provisions of the Administrative Review Law and all amendments and
modification thereof, and the rules adopted
pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the
judicial review of final administrative decisions of the Merit Board hereby
created. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101
of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 100-615, eff. 1-1-19.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2024 · leading case: Ill. Nurses Assoc. v. Bd. of Trs. of Univ., 741 N.E.2d 1014 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001).
Ill. Nurses Assoc. v. Bd. of Trs. of Univ., 741 N.E.2d 1014 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “Analysis of the University’s Section 10(b) Argument The University argues that the grievance-arbitration procedure set forth in Tomanek’s, Leonard’s, and Perez’s collective bargaining agreements conflicts with the State Universities Civil Service Act (Civil Service Act) (110…”
Knorst v. State Universities Civil Serv. Sys., 325 Ill. App. 3d 858 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “110 ILCS 70/36o (West 1994). In section 36o, which addresses the demotion and discharge of civil service employees, a request for review must be made 15 days after the serving of written charges made against an employee.”
Knorst v. State Univ. Civil Serv. Sys., 757 N.E.2d 939 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “110 ILCS 70/36o (West 1994). In section 36o, which addresses the demotion and discharge of civil service employees, a request for review must be made 15 days after the serving of written charges made against an employee.”
Bean v. State Universities Civil Serv. Sys., 2024 IL App (1st) 220751-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “The Merit Board is charged with holding hearings for employees at State Universities who have been discharged where the discharged employee makes a written request for such a hearing within 15 days of the written charges upon him or her (110 ILCS 70/36o (West 2020)). ¶8 In his…”
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