Illinois Supreme Court
Civil Court
Collective Bargaining Agreements
A provision in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between City and Police Union that, contrary to the provisions of the Local Records Act, requires the destruction of disciplinary files after a fixed period of time, violates public policy. The arbitration award, which held that the CBA should prevail and directed the parties to come to an agreement as to the destruction of the documents, violated an explicit, well-defined, and dominant public policy favoring the proper retention of government records. (A. BURKE, GARMAN, THEIS, NEVILLE, and M. BURKE, concurring; KILBRIDE, dissenting.)