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5 ILCS 315/16 (2026)

Exhaustion of nonjudicial remedies

✓ current as of May 2026 Cite as: 5 ILCS 315/16 (2026)
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(5 ILCS 315/16) (from Ch. 48, par. 1616)
    Sec. 16. Exhaustion of nonjudicial remedies. After the exhaustion of any arbitration mandated by this Act or any procedures mandated by a collective bargaining agreement, suits for violation of agreements including agreements entered into pursuant to Section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act, between a public employer and a labor organization representing public employees may be brought by the parties to such agreement in the circuit court in the county in which the public employer transacts business or has its principal office.
(Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2021 · leading case: Stahulak v. City of Chicago
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Stahulak v. City of Chicago (1998) ill · cites it 2× “It noted that under section 16 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/16 (West 1996)) and the Illinois Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/12 (West 1996)), proceedings to vacate an arbitration award entered pursuant to a collective-bargaining agreement must be…”
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. Schwartz (2003) illappct · cites it 2× “’’ 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 2002). Section 16 thus authorizes suits only by the parties to a collective bargaining agreement, i.”
Matthews v. Chicago Transit Authority (2016) ill “3d 80, 89 (2003); see also 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 2012) (providing that, after exhaustion of mandatory arbitration or other grievance procedures, suits alleging violations of CBAs “between a public employer and a labor organization representing public employees may be brought by…”
Casanova v. City of Chicago (2003) illappct “” 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 1996). Section 8 of the Labor Act provides in relevant part that “[t]he grievance and arbitration provisions of any collective bargaining agreement shall be subject to the Illinois ‘Uniform Arbitration Act.”
Cessna v. City of Danville (1998) illappct “Under section 8 of the Act (5 ILCS 315/8 (West 1994)), the grievance and arbitration provisions of the Agreement are subject to the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/1 through 23 (West 1994)) and, once grievance procedures mandated by a collective-bargaining agreement are…”
Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 308 v. Chicago Transit Authority (2012) illappct · cites it 2× “” 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 2008). The circuit court held that the above-quoted Act provision requires the parties to exhaust procedures mandated by their CBA before seeking judicial review because the parties’ CBA contains specified procedures, including arbitration for resolving…”
Matthews v. Chicago Transit Authority (2016) ill “3d 80, 89 (2003); see also 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 2012) (providing that, after exhaustion of mandatory arbitration or other grievance procedures, suits alleging violations of CBAs “between a public employer and a labor organization representing public employees may be brought by…”
Stahulak v. City of Chicago (1997) illappct “See 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 1996). Section 8 of the Act provides that the grievance and arbitration procedures of a CBA under the Act shall be subject to the Illinois Uniform Arbitration Act, which in turn provides that a party may move to vacate an arbitration award.”
Herbst v. City of Chicago (2021) illappct · cites it 2× “” 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 2018). ¶ 19 Section 6(d) of the IPLRA states, in relevant part: “Labor organizations recognized by a public employer as the exclusive representative or so designated in accordance with the provisions of this Act are responsible for representing the…”
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. Schwartz Opinion corrected (2003) illappct · cites it 2× “" 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 2002). Section 16 thus authorizes suits only by the parties to a collective bargaining agreement, i.”
Stahulak v. City of Chicago (1998) ill · cites it 2× “It noted that under section 16 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/16 (West 1996)) and the Illinois Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/12 (West 1996)), proceedings to vacate an arbitration award entered pursuant to a collective-bargaining agreement must be…”
Casanova v. City of Chicago (2003) illappct “" 5 ILCS 315/16 (West 1996). Section 8 of the Labor Act provides in relevant part that "[t]he grievance and arbitration provisions of any collective bargaining agreement shall be subject to the Illinois 'Uniform Arbitration Act.”
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