DUES CHECK-OFF A. Upon the presentation by the Union of a list of the individual employees covered by this Agreement for each of whom the Union certifies to have on file a written authorization for dues deduction or service fee deduction duly executed by the employee, the Union shall be entitled to have the dues or service fees deducted from their paychecks on a bi-weekly basis. Such authorization shall be non-revocable and automatically renewed from year to year.
B. The amounts to be deducted shall be certified to the Employer by the Treasurer of the Union. Whenever the Union notifies the Employer to begin deducting the dues of any bargaining unit employee, said deductions shall begin no later than the second paycheck following the Union's notification. If the Employer fails to make the deduction within this period, the Union will notify the Employer who shall immediately correct the error. Aggregate deductions of all employees shall be remitted at least monthly to the Union along with an itemized statement.
C. The Employer or its agents or representatives shall not encourage or discourage membership in the Union by discriminating in hiring, tenure, wages, hours, or conditions of employment. The Union, its agents, representatives and persons who work for it shall not restrain, coerce, or interfere with employee rights.
D. The Union shall indemnify and hold the Employer harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or any other forms of liability that shall arise out of or by reason of action taken or not taken by the Employer for the purposes of complying with any list, notice, form, card, or assignment furnished under this Article.
E. When a bargaining unit employee returns to work from a non-pay status, and upon appropriate certification from the Union that the employee owes back dues to the Union, the Employer shall deduct from the employee's next paycheck the full amount of back dues owed.
Dues Deduction The Administration shall deduct from the salaries of Chapter members, in installments for each pay period, uniformly assessed dues and/or fees levied by the Chapter, provided the Chapter/bargaining unit faculty member has voluntarily executed a standard form, prepared by the Administration and acceptable to both parties, authorizing such deductions. Deductions shall begin in the pay period following the Administration's receipt of the authorization.
9.§2.1 A Chapter/bargaining unit faculty member who has authorized uniformly assessed dues or service fees deductions may cancel such authorization by submitting to Western and to the Chapter written notice of cancellation. Dues and/or fees deduction will cease as of the payroll period following receipt of notice by Western.
9.§2.2 The Administration shall furnish to the Chapter each pay period a listing of all uniformly assessed dues and service fees deducted from the salaries of Chapter/bargaining- unit members. The Administration shall transfer all dues and service fees deductions to the Chapter each pay period.
9.§2.3 Western shall use its best efforts to make authorized deductions in the manner set forth but assumes no responsibility for any errors in making such deductions. When, upon receipt by the Chapter of a written claim, duplicate or improper dues or service fees deduction is found, a refund shall be made to the claimant by the Chapter.
9.§2.4 Western shall not be liable to the Chapter, by reason of the requirements of this article, for the remittance or payment of any sum other than actual deductions made from the pay earned by the Chapter/bargaining unit faculty member.
9.§2.5 Authorized payroll deduction shall be suspended for the period of time that a Chapter/bargaining-unit member is promoted or transferred out of a bargaining unit faculty position covered by this Agreement, or if the Chapter/bargaining unit faculty member is on layoff or an approved leave of absence. Unless authorization is cancelled, payroll deduction shall be reinstated with the first pay period after the faculty member returns to work in a bargaining unit position covered by the Agreement.
Union Dues Deduction The Employer agrees to deduct and forward to the Financial Secretary of the Local Union, upon receipt of a voluntary written authorization, the working dues from the pay of each IBEW member. The amount to be deducted shall be the amount specified in the approved Local Union Bylaws. The Local Union, upon request by the Employer, shall certify such amount to the Employer.
Union Dues Deductions It shall be a condition of employment for all Nurses in the Bargaining Unit, that dues be deducted from their bi-weekly salary in the amount determined by the Union. The deductions for newly employed Nurses shall be in the first pay period of employment. The dues shall be submitted monthly to the Union together with a list of the Nurses from whom the deductions were made.
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.
Dues Deductions Prior to the preparation of the first payroll of the school year, the Association shall indicate to the District, in writing, the dollar amounts of individual dues and assessments of the Southside Education Association, National Education Association, Washington Education Association and Olympic UniServ Council, to be deducted during the school year to follow. These total deductions shall remain unchanged during the school year. The deductions, as indicated above, shall be deducted in twelve (12) equal amounts in paychecks to begin in September and continue through August; provided that the District has received a written authorization form from any such employee who desires to make said deductions; teachers who work less than a full year shall have their deductions pro-rated at one- twelfth (1/12th), of the total amount, for each month they are employed. Amounts may be prorated by the amount of FTE worked as agreed upon and presented in writing by the Southside Education Association. The District shall promptly remit all monies so collected directly to the Washington Education Association with a list of teachers from whom deductions have been made. The District shall notify the Association of any changes in said list due to teachers entering or leaving the employment of the District; such notification shall be before the monthly pay period. If the Association receives an amount for a teacher in excess of the proper amount to be deducted, the Association shall reimburse that teacher for any overcharge in dues. The Association will indemnify, defend and hold the District harmless against any claims, suits, orders, and/or judgments against the District on account of any check-off of Association dues. This dues deduction system is only for the collection of dues and shall not be used for the collection of any Association imposed fines, penalties, or assessments, nor will it be used for the collection of initiation fees or any other type of Association collection of monies. Employees who wish to revoke this deduction authorization may do so upon written notice to the District and the Association. The employee shall provide written notice to the Association and to the District of his/her wish to no longer have dues withheld from his/her paycheck. Teachers who decide to join the Association and currently have no deductions for dues may do so by signing and delivering, by the fifteenth of any month, a payroll deduction or revocation authorization form to the District office. This form shall authorize deduction of membership dues of the Associations (including NEA and WEA) and shall continue in force from year to year unless the teacher submits a written revocation to the District and the Association.
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.
