7.5(zz)
FOIAMade confidential by the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act
Made confidential by the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act
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Jump to the 2 issues decided under this provision, with a drafting brief ↓
2 upheld (no violation found) · 0 rejected (violation found) · 1 closed / insufficient info / other, out of 3 documents.
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How the Public Access Counselor has treated 7.5(zz)
Section 7.5(zz) of FOIA incorporates confidentiality protections from another statute, covering information whose disclosure is prohibited under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. In these matters, that involved identifying information about employees in bargaining unit positions, such as names, job titles, work contact information, and other personal details like ages and hire dates, as well as lists of employees in covered classifications like motor truck drivers or home care workers.
The PAC has applied the exemption to sustain denials of such requests. It concluded the City of Berwyn did not violate FOIA by denying names, titles and work contact information for employees covered by a union agreement, that no further action was warranted on the Department of Human Services' denial of home care worker details, and that the Chicago Department of Human Resources did not violate FOIA by withholding motor truck driver lists.
At a glance: 3 documents from 2022(1 binding opinion, 2 determination letters).
Recurring issues
- Whether names, job titles, and work contact information for employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement can be withheld. (A city's list of union-represented employees)
- Whether personal details about home care workers, including names, ages, and hire dates, can be withheld. (Personal information of state home care workers)
- Whether lists of employees in a specific covered classification such as motor truck drivers can be withheld. (Citywide truck driver employee lists)
- Whether a denial of bargaining-unit employee identifying information was properly based on the Labor Relations Act prohibition through Section 7.5(zz). (A city's list of union-represented employees, Personal information of state home care workers, Citywide truck driver employee lists)
Practical points
- A public body responding to a request for bargaining-unit employee identities in these decisions cited Section 7.5(zz) and the Labor Relations Act prohibition.
- A requester seeking employee names, titles, contact details, or classification lists can review whether the employees are in positions covered by the Labor Relations Act prohibition referenced in Section 7.5(zz).
Summary drafted from the linked decisions and checked against them; read the decisions themselves before relying on it. Not legal advice.
All 3 documents citing 7.5(zz)
- A city's list of union-represented employeesBinding opinion · No violation
No violation found
- Personal information of state home care workersDetermination letter · Closed no further action
Closed, no further action
- Citywide truck driver employee listsDetermination letter · No violation
No violation found
Issues decided under 7.5(zz)
Individual questions the Public Access Bureau decided under this provision, with the rule it applied, grouped by outcome. Extracted automatically from the letters; check each source letter.
2 issues across 2 determination letters:2 no violation.
Counts are per issue, not per letter, and come from automated extraction checked against sampled letters. Determination letters are not binding precedent.
Authorities the Bureau cites most on this issue
- A city's list of union-represented employees (Pub. Acc. Op. No. 22-009) cited 1 times
Drafting brief for an AI assistant
Copy this into your assistant to help draft a request, appeal, or challenge to a denial that turns on this issue. It carries the rules and decisions, not your facts: add those yourself. Machine-readable version: foia-7-5-zz.json.
No violation (2)
Denial of union seniority lists under section 7.5(zz)
Rule: Section 7.5(zz) exempts information prohibited from disclosure under IPLRA section 6(c-5), including union membership status, regardless of requester identity.
No violation Citywide truck driver employee lists · December 13, 2023
Denial of FOIA request under section 7.5(zz)
Rule: A public body properly denies a FOIA request under section 7.5(zz) when disclosure would reveal employee membership or membership status in a labor organization, as prohibited by the IPLRA.
No violation Personal information of state home care workers · September 20, 2023