REPORT DIGEST

LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Compliance Examination
For the Two Years Ended June 30, 2015

Release Date:  February 4, 2016

FINDINGS THIS AUDIT:  2

CATEGORY:  NEW -- REPEAT -- TOTAL
Category 1:  0 -- 0 -- 0
Category 2:  1 -- 1 -- 2
Category 3:  0 -- 0 -- 0
TOTAL:  1 -- 1 -- 2

FINDINGS LAST AUDIT: 5

Category 1:	Findings that are
material weaknesses in internal
control and/or a qualification on
compliance with State laws and
regulations (material noncompliance).
Category 2:	Findings that are
significant deficiencies in internal
control and noncompliance with State
laws and regulations.
Category 3:	Findings that have no
internal control issues but are in
noncompliance with State laws and
regulations.

State of Illinois, Office of the
Auditor General
FRANK J. MAUTINO, AUDITOR GENERAL

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SYNOPSIS

• (15-1) The Board did not complete
employee performance evaluations in a
timely manner.
• (15-2) The Board failed to monitor
the need to appoint a neutral chairman
as required.

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS

UNTIMELY COMPLETION OF PERFORMANCE
EVALUATIONS

The Board did not complete employee
performance evaluations in a timely
manner in accordance with internal
policy and the Illinois Administrative
Code.

In our sample of 17 employees, we
noted 7 (41%) employees whose most
recent performance evaluations were
completed from 59 to 163 days late.
(Finding 1, Page 8)

We recommended the Board follow their
monitoring and review procedures to
ensure performance evaluations are
completed in a timely manner.

Board personnel agreed with our
recommendation and will more closely
monitor its procedures to ensure
performance evaluations are completed
in a timely manner.

FAILURE TO APPOINT A NEUTRAL CHAIRMAN

The Board failed to monitor the need
to appoint a neutral chairman from the
Illinois Public Employees
Mediation/Arbitration Roster as
required by the Illinois Public Labor
Relations Act.

In 17 of 25 cases (68%), the parties
failed to notify the Board of their
selection of a neutral chairman within
7 days following the Board’s issuance
of a list of impartial arbitrators to
the parties.  In all 17 of these
cases, the Board did not appoint a
neutral chairman in a timely manner.
(Finding 2, Page 9)  This finding has
been repeated since 2007.

We recommended the Board comply with
this section of the Illinois Public
Labor Relations Act or seek
legislative remedy to the statutory
requirement to appoint a neutral
chairman in a timely manner for
arbitration cases in which the parties
fail to notify the Board within 7 days
of receiving a list of impartial
arbitrators.

The Board accepted the recommendation
and will continue to investigate
various options to comply with the
Act.  (For the previous Board
response, see Digest Footnote #1.)

ACCOUNTANT’S OPINION

We conducted a compliance examination
of the Board for the two years ended
June 30, 2015 as required by the
Illinois State Auditing Act.  The
accountants stated the Board complied,
in all material respects, with the
requirements described in the report.

Frank J. Mautino
Auditor General

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SPECIAL ASSISTANT AUDITORS

Our Special Assistant Auditors for
this examination were Doehring,
Winders & Co. LLP.

DIGEST FOOTNOTES

#1 – FAILURE TO APPOINT A NEUTRAL
CHAIRMAN

2013 - Board agreed with the
recommendation and planned to
investigate its options to ensure
compliance with the Act.