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Labor Board Basics

Bundle(s):
2025 Public Sector Conference
Categories:
Labor Law |  Labor Relations
Speakers:
John Brosnan |  Helen J. Kim |  Kimberly Stevens |  Ellen Maureen Strizak
Duration:
1 Hour 04 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Original Program Date:
Nov 07, 2025
Product Type:
On Demand - Also available: On Demand  15
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Tags: Labor Law National Labor Relations Board Public Sector

Description

This session will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the Labor Boards but were afraid to ask! Join us as we talk through Board jurisdiction, procedures, and functions, and answer your questions about Labor Board practice.

Speaker

John Brosnan's Profile

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Special Counsel

Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

John F. Brosnan has been Special Counsel to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board since 2012. Prior thereto, he was the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations Board for seven years, during which time he was also the agency's acting General Counsel for three years. Prior thereto, he was the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board for two and one-half years, and before that, an Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois Labor Relations Board for seventeen and one-half years. Mr. Brosnan is a graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Helen J. Kim's Profile

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General Counsel

Illinois Labor Relations Board

Helen Kim has been the General Counsel for the Illinois Labor Relations Board since November 1, 2016.  Prior to her position at the ILRB, she was General Counsel at the Illinois Department of Labor, the state agency charged with administering and enforcing various labor laws, including the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, the Wage Payment and Collection Act, and the Prevailing Wage Act.  Helen began her state service as labor relations counsel with the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, representing state agencies in arbitrations as well as cases before the ILRB.  She was also an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Civil Actions Bureau of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office where she represented Cook County and its elected officials in labor and employment matters.  Helen received her undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Kimberly Stevens's Profile

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Executive Director

Illinois Labor Relations Board

Kimberly Stevens is the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations Board. Prior to her current position with the Labor Board, Ms. Stevens was most recently Deputy General Counsel at the Illinois State Board of Education. Ms. Stevens has also worked for the Illinois Labor Relations Board as an Administrative Law Judge, and she previously served as labor relations counsel for the Department of Central Management Services, representing the State of Illinois in contract negotiations, arbitration hearings, and cases before the ILRB. Ms. Stevens began her legal career at the Illinois Attorney General’s office in the civil trials bureau, where she was responsible for government defense litigation in State and federal courts as well as administrative matters before State merit boards and commissions. Ms. Stevens received her Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in history, political science, and humanities from Valparaiso University and her Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from the Valparaiso University School of Law.

Ellen Maureen Strizak's Profile

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General Counsel

Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

Ellen Maureen Strizak is the General Counsel of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. She began working for the Illinois Educational Labor Relations as a Board Writer in 2002. Ms. Strizak was Staff Counsel for the Illinois Labor Relations Board from 2006 until 2010. She returned to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board in 2010 as Associate General Counsel and became General Counsel in 2019. Ms. Strizak received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Iowa and her J.D. from the John Marshall Law School. Prior to law school, Ms. Strizak organized tenants as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Austin, Texas.

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