Village of Northbrook

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Jun 11, 2015

13-WH-142961 (N.L.R.B. Jun. 11, 2015)

Village of Northbrook, IL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK
Employer
and
Case 13-WH-142961
NORTHBROOK POLICE ASSOCIATION
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On December 15, 2014, Northbrook Police Association, the Petitioner, filed with
the Regional Director for Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board a request for
certification of representative as bona fide under Section 7(b) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 207(b).
On January 9, 2015, the Regional Director served on the parties an Order to
Show Cause why the Board should not grant the request. No response was filed. As
the Region’s investigation revealed that the Petitioner is the recognized collective-
bargaining representative of the unit employees, the Regional Director recommended to
the Board that the requested certification be issued.1
No party having shown cause why the requested certification should not be
issued, the National Labor Relations Board hereby certifies that Northbrook Police

1 The record indicates that the Employer is a public sector employer and that the State
of Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel issued a certification of representative
establishing the Petitioner as the representative of the unit employees. The record also
indicates that the Employer and Petitioner are parties to a collective-bargaining
agreement effective by its terms from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2014, with an
automatic renewal clause for periods of 1 year.
2
Association is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of
the employees of the Village of Northbrook in the following bargaining unit: 2
Included: All sworn full-time peace officers and civilian
communications officers employed by the Village of
Northbrook.
Excluded: All sworn police officers in the rank of Sergeant
and above, any employees excluded from the definition of
“peace officer” as defined in Section 3(k) of the Illinois Public
Relations Act, and all other management, supervisory,
confidential, and professional employees as defined by the
Act, as amended.
Dated, Washington, D.C., June 11, 2015
By direction of the Board:
Gary Shinners
__________________________
Executive Secretary

2
A certificate of representative as bona fide for purposes of the FLSA does not
necessarily establish the right of the organization so certified to be recognized as the
exclusive bargaining representative of employees within a particular bargaining unit
under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. See County of Alameda, 322
NLRB 614 (1996).