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STAFF DIRECTORY

ILRB OFFICE HOURS AND HOLIDAYS

The Illinois Labor Relations Board's offices are open from
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

The Board conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees want union representation; certifies, modifies, and clarifies bargaining units; investigates and remedies unfair labor practices by public employers and unions; processes information regarding arbitration and mediation that will serve parties in resolving labor-related disputes; and conducts emergency investigations of public employee strikes and strike threats upon demand to determine whether judicial proceedings are warranted to restrain or prevent strike activity imperiling the health and safety of the public.

Answering the following questions will help you determine whether we may be able to assist you.

• Are you a public employee?
  You must be employed by a governmental entity such as the State of Illinois, an Illinois county, an Illinois municipality or a special district for the Board to have jurisdiction.

If you are not a public employee but a private employee, please see the information provided below for guidance regarding other agencies that may be able to help you.

If you are a public employee, please be aware that there are other statutory limitations on the Board's jurisdiction. For more details, please contact one of our offices.

• Do you have a job-related question or a problem that also involves union representation in some way?
  
  For example, do you
  
  • seek representation by a union?
    
  • seek to remove a union as your representative?
  • think that your employer or your union has threatened you or treated you unfairly because you either support or refuse to support a union or
  • because you have acted on behalf of fellow employees with regard to working conditions?
     

If you have answered yes to any of the above questions, the Board may be able to help you. For more details, please contact one of our offices. If your question or problem does not appear to be covered under our Act, please see the information provided below for guidance regarding other agencies that may be able to help you.

If you are an educational employer or employee, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board may be able to assist you.

If you are a private (non-governmental) employer or employee with a union-related question or problem, the National Labor Relations Board may be able to assist you.

If you are a private (non-governmental) employer or employee with a question concerning wages (such as minimum wage, prevailing wage, overtime, or unpaid wage and/or vacation pay collection), child labor laws, the six day work week law, your rights to review, copy and correct personnel records, or your right to privacy in the workplace, the Illinois Department of Labor may be able to assist you.

If you are a public (governmental) employer or employee with a question concerning wages, (such as minimum wage, prevailing wage, overtime or unpaid wage collection) or the Fair Labor Standards Act, the United States Department of Labor may be able to assist you.

If you have a question or problem concerning discrimination because of age, sex, race, political affiliation, religion, national origin or physical or mental disability, the Illinois Department of Human Rights may be able to assist you.

If you have a physical, mental or developmental disability, or wish information regarding such disabilities, the Illinois Department of Human Services (formerly the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities) may be able to assist you.

If you have a question concerning unemployment compensation, the Illinois Department of Employment Security may be able to assist you.

If you are a private (non-governmental) employer or employee and have questions or concerns about health or safety issues in your workplace, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may be able to assist you.

If you are a public (governmental) employer or employee and have questions or concerns about health or safety issues in your workplace, the Illinois Department of Labor may be able to assist you.

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