LABOR-MANAGEMENT RIGHTS

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that public employers shall not be required to bargain over issues concerning second chance programs or other similar programs that are directed at assisting in the reintegration of ex-offenders into the workforce after they have been released from house arrest, home confinement, drug or alcohol programs, or a work release center, including the impact or implementation of such programs on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment for public employees. Provides that issues concerning second chance programs shall be considered matters of inherent managerial policy for purposes of bargaining under the Act. Effective immediately.