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5 ILCS 315/2 (2026)
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(5 ILCS 315/2)
(from Ch. 48, par. 1602)
Sec. 2.
Policy.
It is the public policy of the State of Illinois
to grant public employees full
freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives
of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours and other
conditions of employment or other mutual aid or protection.
It is the purpose of this Act to regulate labor relations between public
employers and employees, including the designation of employee representatives,
negotiation of wages, hours and other conditions of employment, and resolution
of disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements.
It is the purpose of this Act to prescribe the legitimate rights of both
public employees and public employers, to protect the public health and safety
of the citizens of Illinois, and to provide peaceful and orderly procedures
for protection of the rights of all. To prevent labor strife and to protect
the public health and safety of the citizens of Illinois,
all collective bargaining disputes involving persons designated by the Board
as performing essential services and those persons defined herein as security employees
shall be submitted to impartial arbitrators, who shall be authorized to
issue awards in order to resolve such disputes. It is the public policy
of the State of Illinois that where the right of employees to strike is
prohibited by law, it is necessary to afford an alternate, expeditious,
equitable and effective procedure for the resolution of labor disputes subject
to approval procedures mandated by this Act. To that end, the provisions
for such awards shall be liberally
construed.
(Source: P.A. 83-1012.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 72
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Cnty. of Du Page v. Illinois Labor Relations Bd., 900 N.E.2d 1095 (Ill. 2008).
Cnty. of Du Page v. Illinois Labor Relations Bd., 900 N.E.2d 1095 (Ill. 2008). “" 5 ILCS 315/2 (West 2004). Prior to the adoption of section 9(a-5) of the Act (see Pub.”
State of Illinois Dep't of Cent. Mgmt. Servs. v. State of Illinois Labor Relations Bd., 869 N.E.2d 274 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “Instead, the Board relied largely on the general policy language in section 2 of the Act, which states that all collective-bargaining disputes involving security employees shall be submitted to impartial arbitrators (5 ILCS 315/2 (West 2002)). The Board also held that AFSCME did…”
Bd. of Trs. v. Illinois Labor Relations Bd., 862 N.E.2d 944 (Ill. 2007). “" 5 ILCS 315/2 (West 2000). Labor relations between the latter two groups are governed by the Educational Act (115 ILCS 5/1 (West 2000)).”
City of Chicago v. Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No. 7, 2020 IL 124831 (Ill. 2020). “” 5 ILCS 315/2 (West 2016). ¶ 71 The Public Labor Relations Act specifically provides that it and any agreements made under the Act “shall prevail and control” when there is “any conflict between the provisions of this Act and any other law.”
Skokie Firefighters Union v. The Illinois Labor Relations Bd., 2016 IL App (1st) 152478 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “5 ILCS 315/2 (West 2012). Instead, the Labor Relations Act gives those employees a procedure to assert their grievances, engage in negotiation and mediation, and, if no compromise can be reached, to compel arbitration.”
Off. of the Cook Cnty. State's Attorney v. Illinois Local Labor Relations Bd., 652 N.E.2d 301 (Ill. 1995). “(See 5 ILCS 315/2, 4, 6, 7 (West 1992).) Wages, hours and other conditions of employment are the only matters over which employers are required to bargain (5 ILCS 315/4, 7 (West 1992)), and the only matters about which public employees, including professional employees, have the…”
Town of Cicero v. Illinois Ass'n of Firefighters, 788 N.E.2d 286 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “” 5 ILCS 315/2 (West 1996). In 1997, the Illinois legislature amended section 14(i) of the Act and removed the former blanket prohibition on bargaining over residency, for peace officers in municipalities with a population less than 1 million.”
Ehlers v. Jackson Cnty. Sheriff's Merit Comm'n, 697 N.E.2d 717 (Ill. 1998). “" 5 ILCS 315/2 (West 1992). In accordance with this policy, the General Assembly has determined that "Employees of the State and any political subdivision of the State, excluding employees of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, have, and are protected in the exercise…”
Vill. of North Riverside v. Illinois Labor Relations Bd., 2017 IL App (1st) 162251 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “The ILRB found that while section 7 of the Act generally set forth the mechanism for terminating CBAs, protective services employees were also governed by section 2 (5 ILCS 315/2 (West 2014)) and section 14 (5 ILCS 315/14 (West 2014)), which, respectively, set forth the policy…”
Matthews v. Chicago Transit Auth., 2016 IL 117638 (Ill. 2016). “” 5 ILCS 315/2 (West 2014). Thus, one of the primary goals of collective bargaining is to enable employees to consolidate their economic strength by banding together in a union to improve conditions of their employment.”
Matthews v. Chicago Transit Auth., 2016 IL 117638 (Ill. 2016). “” 5 ILCS 315/2 (West 2014). Thus, one of the primary goals of collective bargaining is to enable employees to consolidate their economic strength by banding together in a union to improve conditions of their employment.”
Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council v. Town of Cicero, 703 N.E.2d 559 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). “In making a determination of whether a term of a collective bargaining agreement conflicted with or supplemented an ordinance, the court noted, it was necessary first to look to the broad purposes of the Act, as stated in the Act itself: “It is the public policy of the State of…”
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