Illinois Compiled Statutes

5 ILCS 315/2.5 (2026)

Findings and declarations; court reporters

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(5 ILCS 315/2.5)
    Sec. 2.5. Findings and declarations; court reporters. The General Assembly finds and declares:
    (1) It is the public policy of the State of Illinois and the intent of the General Assembly that State employees, including the Illinois official certified court reporters, are granted collective bargaining rights as provided in this Act.
    (2) The Illinois Supreme Court in the case of AOIC v. Teamsters 726 ruled that the Illinois Public Labor Relations Board could not assert jurisdiction over the Illinois official certified court reporters because the Supreme Court is their co-employer together with the Chief Judges of each judicial circuit.
    (3) As a result of the Supreme Court's decision, the Illinois official certified court reporters have been denied the labor rights afforded all other State employees, including the rights to organize, to obtain recognition of their chosen collective bargaining representative, and to negotiate with respect to the wages, terms, and conditions of their employment.
    (4) The General Assembly intends to create a statutory framework to allow Illinois official court reporters to enjoy the same collective bargaining and other labor rights granted to other public employees.
    (5) Senate Resolution 431 and House Resolution 706, both of the 92nd General Assembly, were adopted, and in enacting this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the General Assembly is implementing the intent of those resolutions.
(Source: P.A. 94-98, eff. 7-1-05.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2018–2018 · leading case: Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31 v. State of Illinois, 2018 IL App (1st) 140656 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31 v. State of Illinois, 2018 IL App (1st) 140656 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “ANALYSIS ¶ 11 The issue before us is whether the Board properly classified each of these six Commission directors as managerial. By law, an employee's classification determines his or her right to engage in collective bargaining.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31 v. State of Illinois, 2018 IL App (1st) 140656 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “The Labor Relations Act, which allows public employees to bargain collectively (5 ILCS 315/2.5(1) (West 2010)), specifically excludes “managerial employees” from the definition of a “[p]ublic employee” (id.”
— 5 ILCS 315/2.5(1) — 2 cases
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31 v. State of Illinois, 2018 IL App (1st) 140656 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “ANALYSIS ¶ 11 The issue before us is whether the Board properly classified each of these six Commission directors as managerial. By law, an employee's classification determines his or her right to engage in collective bargaining.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31 v. State of Illinois, 2018 IL App (1st) 140656 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “The Labor Relations Act, which allows public employees to bargain collectively (5 ILCS 315/2.5(1) (West 2010)), specifically excludes “managerial employees” from the definition of a “[p]ublic employee” (id.”
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