§2675.240. Office of the General Counsel

The members of the IELRB, personally, and through the Office of the General Counsel under the general supervision and direction of the General Counsel, perform the following operations:

 

a)         Reviewing all recommended decisions of its hearing officers, Administrative Law Judges and Executive Director;

 

b)         Drafting and issuing all unfair labor practice and representation decisions of the Board;

 

c)         Advising the Board on legal issues that arise in the course of the Board's official duties;

 

d)         Assisting the Office of the Attorney General in representing the Board in all legal matters pending in the courts;

 

e)         Representing the Board in legal proceedings before other agencies and courts;

 

f)         Conducting representation and unfair labor practice hearings and issuing recommended decisions and orders;

 

g)         Reviewing and revising the Board's Rules and Regulations.

 

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 14418, effective August 12, 2011)