Association Dues The District agrees to deduct Association dues from the paycheck of each employee who individually and voluntarily authorize dues deductions. Employees’ authorizations will be in writing in a form agreed upon by the Association and the District. Said deduction shall be in nine substantially equal amounts during the school year beginning on or after October 15 of the corresponding school year. A schedule of deductions shall be provided to employees on or about September 1st. Authorizations shall continue from year to year unless revoked by the employee in writing prior to July 1 of any year. Dues deducted from employees’ wages will be transmitted to the Association following each corresponding payroll deduction. The Association will annually certify to the Superintendent the amount of Association dues. The following shall also apply:
A. The Association shall provide payroll at District’s Business Office, dues deductions covered under this paragraph by October 1 of the contract year in which the deduction applies for all existing members as of said date, otherwise the employees' previous year deductions shall continue in force for the entire contract year unless terminated by the employee by the dates set forth herein. Deductions for any new employee hired prior to the date of said report shall also be included in the report.
B. The form in which the Association reports union dues for existing membership must include, at minimum, employee name, social security number, and total unions dues to be deducted for the corresponding contract year. The report shall list employees alphabetically by last name.
C. The form in which the Association reports union dues for new members must include, at minimum, employee name, social security number, total unions dues to be deducted for the corresponding contract year, and signed employee authorization.
D. The District payroll office shall make changes to union dues not more than once in any contract year. However, union dues to individual employees may be adjusted as necessary due to changes in employment status with proper notification and reporting from the Association as outlined herein. If an employee elects to become a member after the Association Dues are submitted by the Association, the employee shall be responsible for paying any additional fees directly to the Association.
E. The District shall provide the Association a list of all support staff covered under the collective bargaining agreement upon request of the Association, but not more than once per month.
UNION DUES CHECK-OFF On a weekly basis the Employer agrees to deduct uniform dues and initiation fees from the paycheck of those covered employees whose individual written unrevoked authorizations are on file with the Employer and to transmit the amounts so deducted to the Union monthly. Said deduction authorizations shall be in such form as to conform with Section 302(c) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947.
DUES CHECK-OFF 1. The Board shall deduct from the wages of employees in the bargaining unit, upon receipt from the Union of individual authorization cards executed or individually signed by the employee, state dues and local dues or service fee for those employees hired by the Board on or after July 1, 1995. Revocation of dues shall be by written notice to the OAPSE State Treasurer, Treasurer of Local 149, and the Treasurer of the School District during the last ten calendar days of negotiated agreement. Members electing to withdraw from the Union must submit a written request, received within the ten (10) day withdrawal period, to OAPSE State Office at 0000 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, attention: Membership.
2. The Board agrees not to check off dues from the pay of any bargaining unit members for any other labor organization during the term of this Agreement.
3. Dues deductions shall be deducted in twenty-four equal installments starting with the second pay in September. The money collected by the Treasurer of the School District shall be forwarded to the OAPSE State Treasurer and Treasurer of Local 149 along with a list of members and the amounts individually deducted from each, no later than ten (10) working days after they are collected. A duplicate list of names and individual deductions shall be given to the local Treasurer at the time they are sent to the OAPSE State Treasurer.
4. Service Fee - Each employee covered by this Agreement who is hired on or after July 1, 1995, who fails voluntarily to acquire or maintain membership in the Union, shall be required to pay to OAPSE a service fee, which shall not exceed the dues paid by members of OAPSE who are in the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement; provided that any employee who has been declared exempt for religious convictions by the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) shall not be required to pay said fee. However, such employee shall pay, in lieu of such fee, on the same time schedule as Union dues are payable an amount of money equal to such fee to a non-religious charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, mutually agreed upon by such employee and the OAPSE state treasurer. Such employee shall furnish to the OAPSE state treasurer written receipts evidencing payment to such agreed upon non-religious fund. The provisions of this Article shall be explained to the employee at the time of the hiring interview. A written statement explaining the Service Fee shall be provided, by the Board, at the time of hire. The provisions of the service fee shall not be applicable to new hires until completion of their first sixty (60) calendar days of employment or to any employees exempt from the bargaining unit by virtue of being supervisory, managerial, confidential or casual employees. The Union shall adopt an internal rebate procedure in accordance with Section 4117.09(c) of the Ohio Revised Code which complies with Federal law.
5. The Union agrees to hold the Board harmless in any suit, claim or administrative proceeding arising out of or connected with the imposition, determination or collection of service fees for dues, to indemnify the Board for any liability imposed on it as a result of any such suit, claim or administrative proceeding to and to reimburse the Board for any and all expenses incurred by the Board in defending any such suit, claim or administrative proceeding, including attorney fees and court costs. For purposes of this section, the term “Board” includes the Board of Education of the Shaker Heights City School District, its members, the Treasurer, Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent-Business and Operations1 and all members of the administrative staff.
Request for Dues Check Off Employees shall have the right to request and be allowed dues check off for the Exclusive Representative, provided that dues check off and the proceeds thereof shall not be allowed any employee organization that has lost its right to dues check off pursuant to the PELRA Upon receipt of a properly executed authorization card of the employee involved, the District will deduct from the employee’s paycheck the dues as specified by the Union.
Union Check-Off The Employer agrees to the monthly check-off of all Union Dues, Assessments, Initiation Fees, and written assignments of amounts equal to Union Dues. The check-off monies deducted in accordance with the above paragraph shall be remitted to the Union by the Employer within two (2) weeks of the end of each month. The Employer shall provide the Union's Provincial Office with a list of all employees hired, and all employees who have left the employ of the Employer (who shall be designated as terminated and shall include discharges, resignations, retirements and deaths) in the previous month along with a list of all employees in the bargaining unit and their employee status and the amount of dues or equivalent monies currently being deducted for each employee.
Trade Association Fees All fees, dues and other expenses incurred in connection with the Trust's membership in any trade association or other investment organization.
Association Grievance A grievance, as defined in Section 7.1, relating to occurrences actually involving at least three (3) nurses or arising under the Association Representative article, may be initiated by the Association at Step 2 of the above-mentioned procedure by the filing of a written grievance, signed by a representative of the Association, within 35 calendar days from the date of occurrence. Such grievance shall describe the problem and the contract provisions alleged to have been violated.
Association Activities The parties agree employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the lawful activities of the Association for the purpose of representation in matters of employment relations. No employee shall be interfered with, restrained, coerced, or discriminated against because of the exercise of such rights.
CHECK-OFF 9.01 Subject to this Article, the Employer will, as a condition of employment, deduct an amount equal to the monthly membership dues from the monthly pay of all employees in the bargaining unit. Where an employee does not have sufficient earnings in respect of any month to permit deductions made under this Article, the Employer shall not be obliged to make such deduction from subsequent salary.
9.02 The Association shall inform the Employer in writing of the authorized monthly deduction to be checked off for each employee.
9.03 For the purpose of applying clause 9.01, deductions from pay for each employee in respect of each calendar month will start with the first full calendar month of employment to the extent that earnings are available.
9.04 No employee organization, as defined in Section 3 of the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, other than the Association, shall be permitted to have membership dues and/or other monies deducted by the Employer from the pay of employees in the bargaining unit.
9.05 The amounts deducted in accordance with clause 9.01 shall be remitted to the Association by cheque in the month following that in which their deductions were made and shall be accompanied by particulars identifying each employee and the deductions made on his/her behalf.
9.06 The Employer agrees to make deductions for other purposes on the basis of the production of appropriate documentation.
9.07 The Association agrees to indemnify and save the Employer harmless against any claim or liability arising out of the application of this Article, except for any claim of liability arising out of an error committed by the Employer limited to the amount actually involved in the error.
9.08 An employee who satisfies the Employer to the extent that he/she declares in an affidavit that he/she is a member of a religious organization, registered pursuant to the Income Tax Act, whose doctrine prevents him/her, as a matter of conscience, from making financial contributions to an employee organization and that he/she will make contributions to a charitable organization equal to dues, shall not be subject to this Article, provided that the affidavit submitted by the employee shows the registered number of the religious organization and is countersigned by an official representative of the religious organization involved. A copy of the affidavit will be provided to the Association.
Criminal Background Check It is the Responsibility of CHESAPEAKE CENTER, INC. to make certain that its employees, agents, volunteers, and contractors, who have contact with students receiving services are fingerprinted and have a background check in compliance with Family Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and Section 5-551 through 5-557. CHESAPEAKE CENTER, INC. may not hire, contract, or otherwise engage an individual to participate in this Cooperative Agreement who has been convicted of a crime involving child abuse or neglect; contributing to the delinquency of a minor; a crime of violence as set forth in Criminal Law Article §14-101, Annotated Code of Maryland; or has evidence of a criminal history which in the opinion of Chesapeake Center, Inc. makes the individual unfit to participate in this Cooperative Agreement.
