| 2025 Unfair Labor Practice Charges |
| Mission Statement |
To administer the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, which guarantees the right of public employers to organize and to bargain collectively with their employees, through the process of certification, investigatory procedures, administrative hearings, and dispute resolutions. |
| Program Goals and Objectives |
- Resolve and/or submit to hearing all unfair labor practice charges filed by public sector unions, employees, and employers.
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| Source of Funds |
General Revenue Fund |
Statutory Authority |
5 ILCS 315 |
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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) |
$ 1,376.1 |
$ 885.4 |
$ 1,294.1 |
$ 965.3 |
$ 877.8 |
| Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) |
$ 1,376.1 |
$ 885.4 |
$ 1,294.1 |
$ 965.3 |
$ 877.8 |
| Average monthly full-time equivalents |
9.5 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
| Output Indicators |
| Charges filed |
211.0 |
242.0 |
200.0 |
205.0 |
185.0 |
| Charges pending at the start of the fiscal year |
453.0 |
314.0 |
314.0 |
336.0 |
340.0 |
| Total caseload |
664.0 |
556.0 |
514.0 |
541.0 |
525.0 |
| Total charges closed |
173.0 |
103.0 |
212.0 |
227.0 |
189.0 |
| Outcome Indicators |
| Percentage of
charges
closed within 12
months of the filing date |
69.50% |
80.60% |
60.80% |
59.50% |
68.30% |
| Percentage of
charges
closed within 13-24
months of the filing date |
86.20% |
87.40% |
85.40% |
85.50% |
85.70% |
Explanatory Information
The Illinois Labor Relations Board had fewer cases that were closed in fiscal year 2025, resulting from a change in vendor services, which resulted in fewer cases going to hearing, which in turn impacted the population of cases. Cases that go to hearing typically take longer to close. This impacted the fiscal year 2025 actual figures, and in turn resulted in large variances on certain fiscal year 2026 target/projected figures, some of which are based on an average of recent fiscal years.
Public Accountability Report
