15 ILCS 505/0.03
All transferred employees who are members of collective bargaining units shall retain their seniority, continuous service, salary, and accrued benefits. During the pendency of the existing collective bargaining agreement, the rights provided for under that agreement and memoranda and supplements to that agreement, including but not limited to, the rights of employees performing duties pertaining to the administration of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act) to positions in other State agencies and the right of employees in other State agencies covered by the agreement to positions performing duties pertaining to the administration of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (superseded by the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act), shall not be abridged.
The State Treasurer shall continue to honor during their pendency all bargaining agreements in effect at the time of the transfer and to recognize all collective bargaining representatives for the employees who perform or will perform functions transferred by this amendatory Act of 1999. For all purposes with respect to the management of the existing agreement and the negotiation and management of any successor agreements, the State Treasurer shall be deemed to be the employer of employees who perform or will perform functions transferred to the Office of the State Treasurer by this amendatory Act of 1999.
15 ILCS 505/0.03