Decision and Order of the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel

On January 25, 2017, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Anna Hamburg-Gal issued a Recommended Decision and Order (RDO) recommending that the State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board (Board) grant a unit clarification petition filed by the State of Illinois, Department of Central Management Services (Department of Corrections) (Employer). The petition sought to exclude the titles Internal Security Investigator (ISI) I and II from the bargaining unit represented by Metropolitan Alliance of Police, Chapter 294 (MAP), certified by the Board on July 23, 2008 in Case No. S-RC-05-090. The ALJ found that the ISI Is and IIs are confidential employees excluded from collective bargaining under Section 3(c) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act). 5 ILCS 315/1 et seq. (2014), as amended.