(a) If the State of Illinois, its political subdivisions, or other public employers procure short-term or temporary employees from a labor organization, then the State of Illinois, its political subdivisions, or other public employers shall enter into written agreements with employee benefit plans and labor organizations providing that the State of Illinois, its political subdivisions, or other public employers shall make an employer contribution of the benefit allowance of the applicable wage package to the applicable employee benefit plans for the temporary or short-term employees who are referred from labor organizations, provided that: (1) The employee benefit plans are employee pension benefit plans or employee welfare benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. (2) The referred employee, as a condition of referral to the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions or other public employers as a temporary or short-term employee, has entered into an agreement or authorization with a labor organization to have the fringe benefit allowance of the applicable wage rate remitted directly to an employee benefit plan. (3) The fringe benefit allowance of the applicable wage package shall be an employer contribution and not an employee wage deduction. (4) The State of Illinois and its political subdivisions and other public employers agree, in writing, to make contributions subject to the same rules and policies generally applicable to private employers who are making contributions to that employee benefit plan. (b) The written agreement specified in subsection (a) shall not be construed as a collective bargaining agreement, contract for employment, or an agreement that otherwise guarantees the employment of the temporary or short-term employees used by the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions and other public employers. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to afford temporary or short-term employees the right to organize or collectively bargain pursuant to the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, except as specifically provided by the provisions of that Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to afford temporary or short-term employees any benefit or the right to participate in any retirement system of the State of Illinois, except as specifically provided by the provisions of the Illinois Pension Code. benefit plans or employee welfare benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. to the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions or other public employers as a temporary or short-term employee, has entered into an agreement or authorization with a labor organization to have the fringe benefit allowance of the applicable wage rate remitted directly to an employee benefit plan. wage package shall be an employer contribution and not an employee wage deduction. subdivisions and other public employers agree, in writing, to make contributions subject to the same rules and policies generally applicable to private employers who are making contributions to that employee benefit plan.
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