Newly Effective PERA Disclosure Requirements

Public Act 236 of 2023, effective February 13, 2024, adds Section 11a to the Public Employment Relations Act. Section 11a requires within 30 days after hiring a bargaining unit employee, a school must provide employee information to the union representing that bargaining unit regardless of the employee’s dues paying status. Additionally, every 90 days a school must provide that information to each bargaining unit employee’s union. Section 11a does not specify when the 90-day period starts. Therefore, schools should consider providing the first notice within 90 days of Section 11a’s effective date (February 13, 2024) and every 90 days after that first notice.

The statute lists the following employee information schools must provide within 30 days of hire and every 90 days thereafter:

• first, middle, and last name
• department or agency
• classification
• primary work location address
• home address, unless the employee has a confidential address under the Address Confidentiality Program Act, in which case the school must provide the designated address assigned
• personal telephone number
• personal email address
• work email address
• hire date
• employee identification number, if applicable
• part-time or full-time employment status
• wage

Section 11a does not specify a penalty for non-compliance. But schools should still comply to mitigate against the risk of an unfair labor practice charge.