State of Illinois, Department of Central Management Services v. State of Illinois, Illinois Labor Relations Board

              Filed 2/5/09 NO. 4-08-0210
IN THE APPELLATE COURT
OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH DISTRICT
STATE OF ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF CENTRAL
MANAGEMENT SERVICES (DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES),
Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, ILLINOIS LABOR
RELATIONS BOARD, STATE PANEL; JACKIE
GALLAGHER, MICHAEL HADE, CHARLES
HERNANDEZ, REX PIPER, and MICHAEL COLI,
the Members of Said Board and Panel in Their
Official Capacity Only; and the ILLINOIS NURSES
ASSOCIATION,
Respondents-Appellees.
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Petition for Direct Review
of an Order of the Illinois
Labor Relations Board,
State Panel
No. S-RC-07-036
JUSTICE APPLETON delivered the opinion of the court:
Petitioner, the Department of Central Management Services (employer),
brings this action for direct review of a decision by the Illinois Labor Relations Board,
State Panel (Board), declaring the Illinois Nurses Association (union) to be the exclusive
bargaining representative of all public service administrators, option 8, in the Bureau of
Administrative Litigation, office of the Inspector General, Department of Healthcare
and Family Services, except, as the "Certificate of Representative" says, supervisory,
managerial, and confidential employees. See Illinois Nurses Ass'n, 23 Pub. Employee
Rep. (Ill.) par. 173, No. S-RC-07-036 (Illinois Labor Board, State Panel, October 30,
2007) (hereinafter 23 Pub. Employee Rep. (Ill.) par. 173). These employees are
attorneys who represent the agency in internal hearings before administrative law
judges.