ASSOCIATION DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. The Board shall provide annually to the Association a list of teachers employed or to be employed by the Board, along with the full or part time status of each teacher and their salary schedule status. The Board shall provide notification of this same information for any additions or deletions that occur during the year. The Association agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Public Schools of Petoskey, its Board of Education, individual school board members, past and present, administrative employees and agents, past and present, against any and all claims, demands, costs, suits, damages, awards, judgments or other forms of liability, including but not limited to back pay damages and all court or administrative costs, including unemployment compensation costs, that may arise out of or by reason of any action taken by the Board or its agents for the purpose of complying with the terms of this Article. It is specifically and expressly agreed that any payment of any demand arising hereunder shall be made directly from the Association to the demanding party and at no time shall the Board be obligated to pay out any monies arising out of any claims or demands that are brought or made due to this Article. It is expressly understood that the Association has the right to select counsel, if necessary, for any defense necessary under this Article and shall have the sole discretion regarding the settlement of any claims to which the Association may be responsible. The Association agrees that it will take no action claiming or supporting the claim that its agreements in this section pertaining to defense, indemnification, and holding harmless are void or unenforceable. Further, in the event that it is ever determined that the Association's agreement to indemnify and/or hold harmless is void or unenforceable, this shall not affect the Association's duty to defend and assume all costs and expenses regarding defense.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. All certified teachers, employed by the District, which positions are contained within the bargaining unit and/or not excluded from the bargaining unit by Section 1.2., thirty (30) days after the commencement of employment shall have deducted from their pay monthly either:
1. Membership dues of the Association (including NMEA, MEA and NEA) or
2. Representation service fees of the Association not to exceed the amount of dues uniformly required of members of the Association.
B. Teachers may pay Association dues or the representation service fees directly to the Association in lieu of deduction.
C. The Association shall certify to the Board at the beginning of each school year, the membership of the Association subject to deduction of membership dues and the amount of the monthly Association dues to be deducted. The Board shall provide annually to the Association a list of teachers employed or to be employed by the Board, along with the full or part time status of each teacher and their salary schedule statusteacher. The Association shall also certify to the Board as soon as the amount is known, the amount of the monthly representation service fees to be deducted. These amounts so certified and deducted shall provide notification be forwarded to the Association, within five (5) working days after the end of this same information for any additions or deletions the month in which the deductions were taken, provided that occur during when a teacher objects to the yearproper amount of such deduction, the amount of the deduction contested shall be placed in an escrow account as required by law until a determination of the proper amount of the deduction has been determined in the appropriate administrative and/or judicial forums. The Association agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Public Schools of PetoskeyPellston, its Board of Education, individual school board members, past and present, administrative employees and agents, past and present, agents against any and all claims, demands, costs, suits, damages, awards, judgments or other forms of liability, including but not limited to back pay damages and all court or administrative costs, including unemployment compensation costs, costs that may arise out of or by reason of any action taken by the Board or its agents for the purpose of complying with the terms of this Article. It is specifically and expressly agreed that any payment of any demand arising hereunder shall be made directly from the Association to the demanding party and at no time shall the Board be obligated to pay out any monies arising out of any claims or demands that are brought or made due to this Article. It is expressly understood that the Association has the right to select counsel, if necessary, for any defense necessary under this Article and shall have the sole discretion regarding the settlement of any claims to which the Association may be responsible. The Association agrees that it will take no action claiming or supporting the claim that its agreements in this section pertaining to defense, indemnification, and holding harmless are void or unenforceable. Further, in the event that it is ever determined that the Association's agreement to indemnify and/or hold harmless is void or unenforceable, this shall not affect the Association's duty to defend same and assume all costs and expenses regarding defense, nor shall it affect the association's duty to indemnify and/or hold harmless.
D. Each such teacher and the Association hereby authorize the Board to rely upon and honor certifications of the Association regarding the amounts to be deducted.
E. Any bargaining unit member who is a member of the Association, or who has applied for membership, may sign and deliver to the Employer an assignment authorizing deduction of Dues, Assessments, and Contributions in the Association as established by the Association. Such authorization shall continue in effect from year to year unless revoked according to the procedures outlined in the MEA Constitution and Bylaws. Pursuant to such authorization, the Employer shall deduct one-tenth of such dues, assessments, and contributions from the regular salary check of the bargaining unit member each month for 10 months, beginning in September and ending in June of each year.
F. Upon appropriate written authorization from the bargaining unit member, the Employer shall deduct from the salary of any such bargaining unit member and make appropriate remittance for annuities, credit union, savings bonds, charitable donations, MEA-PAC/NEA-PAC contributions or any other plans or programs jointly approved by the Association and the Employer.
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Samples: Master Contract
ASSOCIATION DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. The Board shall provide annually to the Association a list of teachers employed or to be employed by the Board, along with the full or part time status of each teacher and their salary schedule status. The Board shall provide notification of this same information for any additions or deletions that occur during the year. The Association agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Public Schools of Petoskey, its Board of Education, individual school board members, past and present, administrative employees and agents, past and present, against any and all claims, demands, costs, suits, damages, awards, judgments or other forms of liability, including but not limited to back pay damages and all court or administrative costs, including unemployment compensation costs, that may arise out of or by reason of any action taken by the Board or its agents for the purpose of complying with the terms of this Article. It is specifically and expressly agreed that any payment of any demand arising hereunder shall be made directly from the Association to the demanding party and at no time shall the Board be obligated to pay out any monies arising out of any claims or demands that are brought or made due to this Article. It is expressly understood that the Association has the right to select counsel, if necessary, for any defense necessary under this Article and shall have the sole discretion regarding the settlement of any claims to which the Association may be responsible. The Association agrees that it will take no action claiming or supporting the claim that its agreements in this section pertaining to defense, indemnification, and holding harmless are void or unenforceable. Further, in the event that it is ever determined that the Association's agreement to indemnify and/or hold harmless is void or unenforceable, this shall not affect the Association's duty to defend and assume all costs and expenses regarding defense.
Section 1. 6A School Calendar
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
