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20 ILCS 415/8a (2026)

Jurisdiction A; classification and pay

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(20 ILCS 415/8a) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108a)
    Sec. 8a. Jurisdiction A; classification and pay. For positions in the State service subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Central Management Services with respect to the classification and pay:
        (1) For the preparation, maintenance, and revision by
    
the Director, subject to approval by the Commission, of a position classification plan for all positions subject to this Code, based upon similarity of duties performed, responsibilities assigned, and conditions of employment so that the same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to all positions in the same class. However, the pay of an employee whose position is reduced in rank or grade by reallocation because of a loss of duties or responsibilities after his appointment to such position shall not be required to be lowered for a period of one year after the reallocation of his position. Conditions of employment shall not be used as a factor in the classification of any position heretofore paid under the provisions of Section 1.22 of "An Act to standardize position titles and salary rates", approved June 30, 1943, as amended. Unless the Commission disapproves such classification plan within 60 days, or any revision thereof within 30 days, the Director shall allocate every such position to one of the classes in the plan. Any employee affected by the allocation of a position to a class shall, after filing with the Director of Central Management Services a written request for reconsideration thereof in such manner and form as the Director may prescribe, be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard by the Director. If the employee does not accept the allocation of the position, he shall then have the right of appeal to the Civil Service Commission.
        (2) For a pay plan to be prepared by the Director for
    
all employees subject to this Code after consultation with operating agency heads and the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. Such pay plan may include provisions for uniformity of starting pay, an increment plan, area differentials, a delay not to exceed one year prior to the reduction of the pay of employees whose positions are reduced in rank or grade by reallocation because of a loss of duties or responsibilities after their appointments to such positions, prevailing rates of wages in those classifications in which employers are now paying or may hereafter pay such rates of wage and other provisions. Such pay plan shall become effective only after it has been approved by the Governor. Amendments to the pay plan shall be made in the same manner. Such pay plan shall provide that each employee shall be paid at one of the rates set forth in the pay plan for the class of position in which he is employed, subject to delay in the reduction of pay of employees whose positions are reduced in rank or grade by allocation as above set forth in this Section. Such pay plan shall provide for a fair and reasonable compensation for services rendered.
    This Section is inapplicable to the position of Assistant Director of Healthcare and Family Services in the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The salary for this position shall be as established in the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1997–2016 · leading case: Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31 v. Dep't of Cent. Mgmt. Servs., 681 N.E.2d 998 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997).
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Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31 v. Dep't of Cent. Mgmt. Servs., 681 N.E.2d 998 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 5× “20 ILCS 415/8a (West 1992). Gilbert Feldman, attorney for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, AFL-CIO (AFSCME), attended the meeting and voiced his opinion that the PSA class did not comply with section 8a(l) of the Personnel Code, which…”
Samuel Riley v. Rod R. Blagojevich, Thomas Snyder v. Rod R. Blagojevich, 425 F.3d 357 (7th Cir. 2005). · cites it 2× “Job descriptions are made and updated by the state’s Department for Central Management Services and reviewed by the Civil Service Commission, 20 ILCS 415/8a(l), 415/10(4); 80 Ill. Admin.”
Denton v. Civil Serv. Com'n of State, 679 N.E.2d 1234 (Ill. 1997). · cites it 2× “Indeed, the Personnel Code requires CMS, not the employing agency, to establish a position classification plan for all positions governed by the Personnel Code (20 ILCS 415/8a (West 1994)); to eliminate those who are not qualified for entrance into state service and to discover…”
Dep't of Revenue v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 827 N.E.2d 960 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “20 ILCS 415/8a (West 2000). Those rules are found in subsections 8a.”
Metzger v. Illinois State Police, 519 F.3d 677 (7th Cir. 2008). “See 20 ILCS 415/8a(l). Under the CMS Personnel Rules, another state agency can request that CMS perform a job audit to determine whether the employee’s duties warrant an upgrade in payroll classification.”
Lauderdale v. Illinois Dep't of Human Servs., 210 F. Supp. 3d 1012 (C.D. Ill. 2016). “Facts pertaining to pay plan The Illinois Personnel Code, at 20 ILCS 415/8a, directs Central Management Services (CMS) to promulgate administrative rules to govern compensation of positions in state service.”
Chesko v. Illinois Civil Serv. Comm'n, 822 N.E.2d 933 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 8× “" 20 ILCS 415/8a(1) (West 2002). Subject to the approval of the Commission, the Director of CMS is responsible for the "preparation, maintenance, and revision" of the plan.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. Dep't of Cent. Mgmt. Servs. (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 5× “20 ILCS 415/8a (West 1992). Gilbert Feldman, attorney for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, ALC-CIO (AFSCME), attended the meeting and voiced his opinion that the PSA class did not comply with section 8a(1) of the Personnel Code, which…”
Metzger, Linette v. IL State Police (7th Cir. 2008). “See 20 ILCS 415/8a(1). Under the CMS Personnel Rules, another state agency can request that CMS perform a job audit to determine whether the employee’s duties warrant an upgrade in payroll classification.”
Denton v. Civil Serv. Comm'n (Ill. 1997). “Indeed, the Personnel Code requires CMS, not the employing agency, to establish a position classification plan for all positions governed by the Personnel Code (20 ILCS 415/8a (West 1994)); to eliminate those who are not qualified for entrance into state service and to discover…”
Player v. Vill. of Bensenville, 722 N.E.2d 792 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “Our supreme court has succinctly explained the requirements of the Personnel Code pertaining to veterans’ preferences: “[T]he Personnel Code requires CMS [the Department of Central Management Services] *** to establish a position classification plan for all positions governed by…”
— 20 ILCS 415/8a(1) — 3 cases
Chesko v. Illinois Civil Serv. Comm'n, 822 N.E.2d 933 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “" 20 ILCS 415/8a(1) (West 2002). Subject to the approval of the Commission, the Director of CMS is responsible for the "preparation, maintenance, and revision" of the plan.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. Dep't of Cent. Mgmt. Servs. (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “20 ILCS 415/8a (West 1992). Gilbert Feldman, attorney for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, ALC-CIO (AFSCME), attended the meeting and voiced his opinion that the PSA class did not comply with section 8a(1) of the Personnel Code, which…”
Metzger, Linette v. IL State Police (7th Cir. 2008). “See 20 ILCS 415/8a(1). Under the CMS Personnel Rules, another state agency can request that CMS perform a job audit to determine whether the employee’s duties warrant an upgrade in payroll classification.”
— 20 ILCS 415/8a(l) — 4 cases
Samuel Riley v. Rod R. Blagojevich, Thomas Snyder v. Rod R. Blagojevich, 425 F.3d 357 (7th Cir. 2005). “Job descriptions are made and updated by the state’s Department for Central Management Services and reviewed by the Civil Service Commission, 20 ILCS 415/8a(l), 415/10(4); 80 Ill. Admin.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31 v. Dep't of Cent. Mgmt. Servs., 681 N.E.2d 998 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “20 ILCS 415/8a (West 1992). Gilbert Feldman, attorney for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, AFL-CIO (AFSCME), attended the meeting and voiced his opinion that the PSA class did not comply with section 8a(l) of the Personnel Code, which…”
Metzger v. Illinois State Police, 519 F.3d 677 (7th Cir. 2008). “See 20 ILCS 415/8a(l). Under the CMS Personnel Rules, another state agency can request that CMS perform a job audit to determine whether the employee’s duties warrant an upgrade in payroll classification.”
Chesko v. Illinois Civil Serv. Comm'n, 822 N.E.2d 933 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “" 20 ILCS 415/8a(1) (West 2002). Subject to the approval of the Commission, the Director of CMS is responsible for the "preparation, maintenance, and revision" of the plan.”
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