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2025 Representation Case Processing
Mission Statement Determine appropriate bargaining units, certify and decertify exclusive representatives, and resolve questions of inclusion/exclusion in a bargaining unit to protect the rights of employees to organize and bargain collectively.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Process representation petitions, including unit clarification and amendment to certification petitions, by investigation, election, adjudication, and certification.
    Source of Funds Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund Statutory Authority 115 ILCS 5/1 et seq.
    Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
    Input Indicators
    Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 1,549.7 $ 738.2 $ 1,395.2 $ 620.9 $ 547.3
    Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 1,549.7 $ 738.2 $ 1,395.2 $ 620.9 $ 547.3
    Average monthly full-time equivalents 6.0 2.0 7.0 2.0 2.0
    Output Indicators
    Number of petitions pending at the start of the fiscal year 36.0 36.0 42.0 25.0 38.0
    Number of new petitions filed 107.0 114.0 97.0 112.0 90.0
    Outcome Indicators
    Executive Director's recommended decision and order 44.0 44.0 38.0 44.0 43.0
    Administrative law judges' recommended decision and order 4.0 9.0 3.0 2.0 2.0
    Number of cases mediated by Board agents 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
    Number of elections/polls 2.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 1.0
    Orders of certification 47.0 42.0 45.0 54.0 46.0
    Certification of representative/results 2.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
    Closure by withdrawal of charge/disclaimer 4.0 4.0 5.0 7.0 2.0

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