Common use of PROFESSIONAL DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS Clause in Contracts

PROFESSIONAL DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. Within thirty days of the beginning of their employment hereunder, teachers may sign and deliver to the Board an assignment authorizing deduction of membership dues of the Association (including the National Education and the Michigan Education Association, if requested). Such sum shall be deducted as authorized by the Association and approved by the administration. B. With respect to all sums deducted by the Board pursuant to authorization of the employee, for membership dues, the Board agrees to remit the monies to the Association Treasurer. The Association agrees to advise the Board of all members of the Association in good standing and to furnish any other information needed by the Board to fulfill the provisions of this Article. C. Upon appropriate written authorization from the teacher, the Board shall deduct from the salary of any teacher and make appropriate remittance for annuities, credit union, savings bonds, and all MESSA/MESFA offerings. D. Membership in the Association is not compulsory. Teachers have the right to join, not join, maintain, or terminate their membership in the Association as they see fit. Neither party shall exert or put pressure on or discriminate against a teacher as regards to such matters. All full-time teachers in the bargaining unit shall, on or before the thirtieth (30) day following: The beginning of the school year, beginning of their employment, or the execution of the Collective Bargaining Agreement whichever is later, as a condition of employment or of continued employment either: 1. Become members of the Association; or 2. Pay to the Association an amount of money which the Association certifies in writing as a cost (hereinafter referred to as "fees") equal to the negotiation and administration of this Agreement. Such cost amount shall be verified and submitted in writing to the Board on or before September 15 of each year, and notice of this fee shall be presented in writing by the Association to all teachers. 3. Full-time teachers hired during the school year shall be required as a condition of employment, to render (through direct payment or deduction authorization) only a pro rata amount of the fees. Such pro ratum shall be based on a maximum of ten (10) months (school year) and/or the number of months remaining in the school year. (Within a month, it is the majority of days left that shall govern.) 4. Temporary (except as qualified under paragraph 5 of this section), part-time, or specially-certified teachers shall not be required to join the Association or pay a service fee thereto.

PROFESSIONAL DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. Within On or before September 15 of each year the Association shall provide completed authorization forms and notify the Board of the amount of annual dues payable by members of the Association. Pursuant to such authorization and notification, the Board shall deduct one-tenth (1/10) of such dues from the regular salary check of each teacher so requesting beginning in September and ending in June of each year. Upon remitting such amounts to the Association, the Board shall have no further liability or responsibility with respect thereto. B. Each bargaining unit member shall, as a condition of employment, on or before thirty (30) days from the date of commencement of duties, join the Association or pay a service fee to the Association equivalent to the amount of dues uniformly required of the members of the Association, less any amounts not permitted by law. The Association will notify the Board of the amount of service fees at least annually. The bargaining unit member may authorize payroll deduction for the service fee. In the event the bargaining unit member shall not pay such service fee directly to the Association or authorize payment through payroll deduction within thirty (30) days of the beginning of their employment hereunder, teachers may sign and deliver to the Board an assignment authorizing deduction of membership dues of the Association (including the National Education and the Michigan Education Association, if requested). Such sum shall be deducted as authorized notification by the Association and approved by the administration. B. With respect to all sums deducted by the Board pursuant to authorization of the employee, service fee for membership duesthat given school year, the Board agrees shall, pursuant to MCL 408.477, and at the request of the Association, deduct the service fee from the bargaining unit members' wages and remit the same to the Association under the procedure provided below. 1. The Association shall notify the bargaining unit member in writing of non- compliance and shall provide ten (10) days for compliance, and shall further advise the recipient that a request for wage deduction may be filed with the Board in the event compliance is not effected. 2. If the bargaining unit member fails to remit the monies service fee or authorize deduction for same, the Association may request the Board to make such deduction. 3. The Board, upon receipt of request for involuntary deduction, shall provide the bargaining unit member with an opportunity for a due process hearing. This hearing shall be limited to the question of whether or not the bargaining unit member has remitted the service fee to the Association Treasureror has authorized payroll deduction of same. C. Should such involuntary payroll deduction become legally disallowed, the Board and the Association shall meet to renegotiate the provisions requiring modification. Further, the Association agrees to promptly notify the Board in the event a court order, an order of an administrative agency, or arbitration award is rendered restricting the Association from implementing its agency fee objection policy or from charging or allocating any of the Association's expenditures to bargaining unit members who choose not to join the Association. In the event of the entry of such an order or arbitration award, the Board shall have the right to immediately suspend involuntary wage deduction under this Article and shall promptly give notice of any such decision to the Association. D. No dispute, claim or complaint by any objecting bargaining unit member concerning the application and interpretation of this Article shall be subject to the grievance procedure set forth in this Agreement unless and until procedures set forth in the Association policy regarding "Objections to Political-Ideological Expenditures – Administrative Procedures" (including any administrative or judicial review thereof) shall have been availed of and exhausted. Upon request, the Association agrees to certify to the District that the Association's service fee and challenge procedures, in the opinion of the Association's counsel, satisfy current legal requirements. E. The Association agrees to advise defend, indemnify and hold the Board, including each individual school Board member and administrative employee, harmless against any and all claims, damages, costs, demands, awards, judgments or other forms of liability including, but not limited to, back pay damages and all members court or administrative agency costs that may arise out of the Association in good standing and to furnish or by reason of any other information needed action taken by the Board for the purpose of complying with this Article. It is specifically and expressly agreed that any payment for these specified reasons shall be made directly from the Association to fulfill the demanding party and at no time shall the Board be obligated to pay out any monies for any reason associated with the provisions of this Article. C. 1. The Board agrees to give timely notice to the Association of the institution of any suit or action brought against the Board regarding this section of the collective agreement. 2. In the event of any such suit or action the parties agree to cooperate in providing relevant information necessary to the defense of the case. F. The parties agree that every teacher will be required each school year to sign an individual contract of employment as provided in Section 1231 of the Revised School Code and that ever such contract shall contain the following: "This contract is subject to a collective labor agreement heretofore and hereafter negotiated by the Board of Education and the Xxxxx County Education Association. The terms of such collective labor agreement are incorporated herein and, by accepting this contract, you agree to be bound by all such terms including wage deduction provisions thereof." G. Upon appropriate written authorization from the teacher, the Board shall deduct from the salary of any teacher and make appropriate remittance for annuities, credit union, savings bonds, and all MESSA/MESFA offerings. D. Membership in the Association is not compulsory. Teachers have the right to join, not join, maintaincharitable donations, or terminate their membership in the Association as they see fit. Neither party shall exert any other plans or put pressure on or discriminate against a teacher as regards to such matters. All full-time teachers in the bargaining unit shall, on or before the thirtieth (30) day following: The beginning of the school year, beginning of their employment, or the execution of the Collective Bargaining Agreement whichever is later, as a condition of employment or of continued employment either: 1. Become members of the Association; or 2. Pay to the Association an amount of money which the Association certifies in writing as a cost (hereinafter referred to as "fees") equal to the negotiation and administration of this Agreement. Such cost amount shall be verified and submitted in writing to the Board on or before September 15 of each year, and notice of this fee shall be presented in writing programs jointly approved by the Association to all teachersand the Board. 3. Full-time teachers hired during the school year H. This Article shall be required as a condition effective retroactively to the date of employment, to render (through direct payment or deduction authorization) only a pro rata amount of the fees. Such pro ratum this Agreement and all sums payable hereunder shall be based on a maximum of ten (10) months (school year) and/or the number of months remaining in the school year. (Within a month, it is the majority of days left that shall governdetermined from said date.) 4. Temporary (except as qualified under paragraph 5 of this section), part-time, or specially-certified teachers shall not be required to join the Association or pay a service fee thereto.

PROFESSIONAL DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. Within thirty days Any employee who is a member of the beginning of their employment hereunderAssociation, teachers or who has applied for membership, may sign and deliver to the Board an assignment authorizing deduction of professional dues in the Association which sum shall be in the amount duly adopted by the Association. Such authorization shall continue in effect from year to year unless revoked in writing by the employee, between June 1 and September 1 of any year. Pursuant to such authorization the Board shall deduct one-tenth of such dues from the second regular salary check of the employee for ten (10) consecutive months. Any employee who shall not perform services for any contracted month of the school year shall have his/her dues reduced by one-tenth of the yearly dues for each contracted month he/she did not work, except where the failure to perform services during any month was the result of the employee taking any leave of absence or sick leave provided for in the contract. The Association shall inform the Board, in writing, of the amount of deductions for each employee. B. Any employee who is not a member of the Association in good standing or who does not make application for membership within thirty (30) days from the date of commencement of employment as a bargaining unit member, shall, as a condition of employment, pay as a Representation Benefit Fee to the Association an amount equal to the professional dues of the Association (including association, or contribute a like amount to Bay Cliff Health Camp or Manistique Area Schools Scholarship Foundation, provided, however, that the National Education employee may authorize payroll deductions for such fee in the same manner as provided in the preceding paragraph A. In the event a bargaining unit member shall not pay such Representation Benefit Fee directly to the Union, Bay Cliff, or to the Scholarship Foundation, or authorize payment through payroll deductions, as provided in the preceding paragraph, the employer shall, pursuant to MCLA 408.477 MSA 17.277(7) and at the Michigan Education Associationrequest of the Union, if requested). Such sum shall be deducted as authorized by deduct the Association Representative Benefit Fee from the bargaining unit member’s wages and approved by remit same to the administrationUnion. B. C. With respect to all sums deducted by the Board pursuant to authorization of the employee, whether for membership duesProfessional Dues or Representation Benefit Fee, the Board agrees promptly to remit the monies disburse said sums upon direction to the Association Treasurer. treasurer of the Association. D. This article shall be effective retroactively to the date of the Agreement and all sums payable hereunder shall be determined from said date. E. The Association agrees to advise assume the legal defense of any suit or action brought against the Board regarding Sections A through F of all members this Article of the collective agreement. The Association in good standing and further agrees to furnish any other information needed by indemnify the Board for any costs or damages which may be assessed against the Board as a result of said suit or action, subject however, to fulfill the provisions following conditions: 1. The damages have not resulted from negligence, misfeasance, or malfeasance of this Articlethe Board or its agent. C. Upon appropriate written authorization from 2. The Association, after consideration with the teacherBoard, has the right to decide whether to defend any said action or whether or not to appeal the decision of any court or other tribunal regarding the validity of the section or the defense which may be assessed against the Board shall deduct from the salary of by any teacher and make appropriate remittance for annuities, credit union, savings bonds, and all MESSA/MESFA offeringscourt or tribunal. D. Membership in 3. The Association has the right to choose the legal counsel to defend any suit or action. 4. The Association is not compulsory. Teachers shall have the right to joincompromise or settle any claim made against the Board under this section. F. The Union shall certify to the Employer, in writing each month, a list of its members working for the Employer who have furnished the Employer the required authorization, together with an itemized statement of dues, initiation fees (full or installment) or uniform assessments owing and to be deducted for such month from the pay of such member and the Employer shall deduct such amount from the first pay check following receipt of statement of certification of the member and remit to the Union in one lump sum. G. The employer shall add to the list submitted by the Union the names of all new employees hired since the last list was submitted, and delete the names of employees who are no longer employed. H. Where an employee is not join, maintainon the payroll during the week which deduction is to be made or has no earnings, or terminate their membership has insufficient earnings during that week or is on a leave of absence, the employee must make arrangements with the Union to pay such dues in the Association as they see fitadvance. Neither party shall exert or put pressure on or discriminate against a teacher as regards to such matters. All full-time teachers in the bargaining unit shall, on or before the thirtieth (30) day following: The beginning of the school year, beginning of their employment, or the execution of the Collective Bargaining Agreement whichever is later, as a condition of employment or of continued employment either: 1. Become members of the Association; or 2. Pay Employer will recognize authorization for deductions from wages and transmit to the Association an amount of money which the Association certifies in writing as a cost (hereinafter referred to as "fees") equal to the negotiation and administration of this Agreement. Such cost amount shall be verified and submitted in writing to the Board on or before September 15 of each year, and notice of this fee shall be presented in writing by the Association to all teachersUnion. 3. Full-time teachers hired during the school year shall be required as a condition of employment, to render (through direct payment or deduction authorization) only a pro rata amount of the fees. Such pro ratum shall be based on a maximum of ten (10) months (school year) and/or the number of months remaining in the school year. (Within a month, it is the majority of days left that shall govern.) 4. Temporary (except as qualified under paragraph 5 of this section), part-time, or specially-certified teachers shall not be required to join the Association or pay a service fee thereto.

PROFESSIONAL DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. Within thirty days 1. Any unit member who is a member of the beginning of their employment hereunderAssociation, teachers or who has applied for membership, may sign and deliver to the Board Office an assignment authorizing deduction of unified membership dues in the Association. Such authorization shall continue in effect unless revoked in writing. Pursuant to such authorization, the Office shall deduct one-tenth (1/10) of such dues from the regular ten month salary checks received by the employee for the contract year of ten months. Deductions for teachers signing such authorization after the beginning of the Association (including the National Education and the Michigan Education Association, if requested). Such sum regular contract year shall be deducted as authorized by the Association and approved by the administrationprorated. B. 2. With respect to all sums deducted by the Board Office pursuant to authorization of the employee, for membership duesunit member, the Board Office agrees promptly to remit the such monies to the Association Treasureraccompanied by an alphabetical list of unit members for whom such deductions have been made and indicating any changes in personnel from the list previously furnished to the Association. 3. The Association agrees to advise the Board of all members of the Association in good standing and to furnish any other information needed by the Board Office to fulfill the provisions of this Article. C. 4. Upon appropriate written authorization from the teacherunit member, the Board Office shall deduct from the salary of any teacher unit member and make appropriate remittance for annuities, credit union, savings bonds, and all MESSA/MESFA offeringscharitable donations, or any other plans or programs approved by the Office. D. Membership in 5. The Office shall not be obligated to put into effect any new, changed or discontinued deduction until the Association is not compulsorypay period commencing fifteen (15) days or more after such submission. 6. Teachers have the right to join, not join, maintain, or terminate their membership in the Association as they see fit. Neither party The Office shall exert or put pressure on or discriminate against a teacher as regards to such matters. All full-time teachers in the bargaining unit shall, on or before the thirtieth (30) day following: The beginning of the school year, beginning of their employment, or the execution of the Collective Bargaining Agreement whichever is laterdeduct agency fees, as a condition required by law, from the pay of employment or of continued employment either: 1. Become unit members who do not become members of the Association; or. 27. Pay to the Association an amount of money which the Association certifies in writing Dues Payer or Agency Fee Unit members’ pay checks will indicate dues payer or agency fee payer status as a cost (hereinafter referred to as "fees") equal to the negotiation and administration of this Agreement. Such cost amount shall be verified and submitted in writing to the Board appropriate based on or before September 15 of each year, and notice of this fee shall be presented in writing information provided by the Association to all teachersAssociation. 3. Full-time teachers hired during the school year shall be required as a condition of employment, to render (through direct payment or deduction authorization) only a pro rata amount of the fees. Such pro ratum shall be based on a maximum of ten (10) months (school year) and/or the number of months remaining in the school year. (Within a month, it is the majority of days left that shall govern.) 4. Temporary (except as qualified under paragraph 5 of this section), part-time, or specially-certified teachers shall not be required to join the Association or pay a service fee thereto.

PROFESSIONAL DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. Within thirty days Any teacher who is a member of the beginning of their employment hereunderAssociation, teachers or who has applied for membership, may sign and deliver to the Board an assignment authorizing deduction of membership Professional Dues of the Association, including those for the Michigan Education Association and the National Education Association, which sum shall be established by the Association. Such authorization shall continue in effect from year to year unless revoked in writing between August 1 and August 31 of any year. Pursuant to such authorization, the Board shall deduct dues from each regular salary check in equal installments for ten (10) months, beginning in September of each year. B. Any teacher who is not a member of the Association in good standing or who does not make application for membership within thirty (30) days from the date of commencement of teaching duties, shall, as a condition of employment, pay a Service Fee to the Association, including those for the Michigan Education Association and the National Education Association, provided, however, that the teacher may authorize payroll deduction for such fee in the same manner as provided in the preceding paragraph. In the event that the teacher shall not pay such Service Fee directly to the Association or authorize payment through payroll deduction as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Board shall cause the termination of employment of such teacher. C. The Association shall deliver to the Board, not later than the Friday before the FIRST payday of each school year, a complete list of those teachers who will have a deduction for dues and the Michigan Education Association, if requested). Such sum shall amount of the deduction to be deducted as authorized by the Association and approved by the administrationmade. B. D. With respect to all sums deducted by the Board pursuant to authorization of the employee, for membership dueswhether Professional Dues or Service Fee, the Board agrees to remit the monies disburse said sums to the Association Treasurer. The Association within seven (7) calendar days of collection. E. Upon employment, the Board agrees to advise provide the Board Association with names and addresses of all members new teachers. It shall be the responsibility of the Association to provide each teacher with a copy of the form authorizing deduction of Association dues or Service fees by September 1 of each year. F. The procedure in good standing and to furnish any other information needed by the Board to fulfill the provisions all cases of discharge for violation of this Article. C. Upon appropriate written authorization from the teacher, the Board article shall deduct from the salary of any teacher and make appropriate remittance for annuities, credit union, savings bonds, and all MESSA/MESFA offerings. D. Membership in the Association is not compulsory. Teachers have the right to join, not join, maintain, or terminate their membership in the Association be as they see fit. Neither party shall exert or put pressure on or discriminate against a teacher as regards to such matters. All full-time teachers in the bargaining unit shall, on or before the thirtieth (30) day following: The beginning of the school year, beginning of their employment, or the execution of the Collective Bargaining Agreement whichever is later, as a condition of employment or of continued employment eitherfollows: 1. Become members The Association shall notify the teacher of non-compliance by certified mail, return receipt requested. Said notice shall detail the Association; or 2. Pay to the Association an amount of money which the Association certifies in writing as a cost (hereinafter referred to as "fees") equal to the negotiation non-compliance and administration of this Agreement. Such cost amount shall be verified and submitted in writing to the Board on or before September 15 of each year, and notice of this fee shall be presented in writing by the Association to all teachers. 3. Full-time teachers hired during the school year shall be required as a condition of employment, to render (through direct payment or deduction authorization) only a pro rata amount of the fees. Such pro ratum shall be based on a maximum of ten (10) months (school year) and/or the number of months remaining in the school year. (Within a month, it is the majority of days left that shall govern.) 4. Temporary (except as qualified under paragraph 5 of this section), part-time, or specially-certified teachers shall not be required to join the Association or pay a service fee thereto.provide ten

PROFESSIONAL DUES OR FEES AND PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. A. Within thirty days Any teacher who is a member of the beginning of their employment hereunderAssociation, teachers or who has applied for membership, may sign an authorization for deduction of Professional Dues in the Association which sum shall be in the amount duly adopted by the Association. Such authorization shall continue in effect from year to year unless revoked in writing by the teacher, between June 1 and deliver September 1 of any year. Pursuant to such authorization, the Board shall deduct one-tenth of such dues from the second regular salary check of the teacher for ten (10) consecutive pay periods. The Association will inform the Board, in writing, of the amount of deductions for each employee. B. Any teacher who is not a member of the Association in good standing or who does not make application for membership within thirty (30) days from the date of commencement of teaching duties, shall, as a condition of employment, pay as a Representation Benefit Fee to the Board Association an assignment authorizing deduction of membership amount equal to the professional dues of the Association (including the National Education and the Michigan Education Association, if requested). Such sum or contribute a like amount to Bay Cliff Health Camp or the Manistique Area Schools Foundation, provided, however, that the teacher may authorize payroll deductions for such fee in the same manner as provided in the preceding paragraph A. In the event a bargaining unit member shall be deducted not pay such Representative Benefit Fee directly to the Association, Bay Cliff, or to the Scholarship Foundation, or authorize payment through payroll deductions, as authorized by provided in the Association preceding paragraph, the employer shall, pursuant to MCLA 408.477 and approved by at the administrationrequest of the Association, deduct the Representative Benefit Fee from the bargaining unit member’s wages and remit same to the Association. B. C. With respect to all sums deducted by the Board pursuant to authorization of the employee, whether for membership duesProfessional Dues or Representation Benefit Fee, the Board agrees promptly to remit the monies disburse said sums upon direction to the Association Treasurer. treasurer of the Association. D. The Association agrees to advise assume the legal defense of any suit or action brought against the Board regarding Sections A through D of all members this Article of the Collective Agreement. The Association in good standing and further agrees to furnish any other information needed by indemnify the Board for any costs or damages which may be assessed against the Board as a result of said suit or action, subject however, to fulfill the provisions following conditions: 1. The damages have not resulted from negligence, misfeasance, or malfeasance of this Articlethe Board or its agents. C. Upon appropriate written authorization from 2. The Association, after consideration with the teacherBoard, has the right to decide whether to defend any said action or whether or not to appeal the decision of any court or other tribunal regarding the validity of the section or the defense which may be assessed against the Board shall deduct from the salary of by any teacher and make appropriate remittance for annuities, credit union, savings bonds, and all MESSA/MESFA offeringscourt or tribunal. D. Membership in 3. The Association has the right to choose the legal counsel to defend any suit or action. 4. The Association is not compulsory. Teachers shall have the right to join, not join, maintain, compromise or terminate their membership in the Association as they see fit. Neither party shall exert or put pressure on or discriminate settle any claim made against a teacher as regards to such matters. All full-time teachers in the bargaining unit shall, on or before the thirtieth (30) day following: The beginning of the school year, beginning of their employment, or the execution of the Collective Bargaining Agreement whichever is later, as a condition of employment or of continued employment either: 1. Become members of the Association; or 2. Pay to the Association an amount of money which the Association certifies in writing as a cost (hereinafter referred to as "fees") equal to the negotiation and administration of this Agreement. Such cost amount shall be verified and submitted in writing to the Board on or before September 15 of each year, and notice of this fee shall be presented in writing by the Association to all teachers. 3. Full-time teachers hired during the school year shall be required as a condition of employment, to render (through direct payment or deduction authorization) only a pro rata amount of the fees. Such pro ratum shall be based on a maximum of ten (10) months (school year) and/or the number of months remaining in the school year. (Within a month, it is the majority of days left that shall govern.) 4. Temporary (except as qualified under paragraph 5 of this section), part-time, or specially-certified teachers shall not be required to join the Association or pay a service fee thereto.