Common use of Purpose of Fee Clause in Contracts

Purpose of Fee. a. Subject to the conditions set forth in 1.b. below, all eligible nonmember employees in this unit will be required to pay to the majority representative beginning thirty (30) days after signing of the Agreement a representation fee in lieu of dues for services rendered by the majority representative. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require any employee to become a member of the majority representative. b. It is understood that the implementation of the agency fee program is predicated on the demonstration by the Association that more than fifty percent (50%) of the eligible employees in the negotiating unit are dues paying members of the Association. If at the signing of this Agreement the above percentage has not been achieved, the agency fee plan will be continued through the calendar year, after which it shall be discontinued unless the minimum percentage is exceeded on any quarterly date; i.e., January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1, at which time the agency fee plan shall be reinstated with proper notice to affected employees. In each year of the Agreement on July 1, an assessment shall be made to determine if the minimum percentage has been exceeded. If it has, the agency fee shall continue until the following annual assessment. If it has not, the agency fee will be discontinued and eligibility for reinstatement shall be on a quarterly basis as provided above.

Purpose of Fee. a. Subject to the conditions set forth in 1.b. below, all eligible nonmember employees in this unit will be required to pay to the majority representative beginning thirty (30) days after signing of the Agreement a representation fee in lieu of dues for services rendered by the majority representativerepresentative until June 30, 2007. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require any employee to become a member of the majority representative. b. It is understood that the implementation of the agency fee program is predicated on the demonstration by the Association that more than fifty percent (50%) of the eligible employees in the negotiating unit are dues paying members of the Association. If at the signing of this Agreement the above percentage has not been achieved, the agency fee plan will be continued through the calendar year, after which it shall be discontinued unless the minimum percentage is exceeded on any quarterly date; i.e., January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1, at which time the agency fee plan shall be reinstated with proper notice to affected employees. In each year of the Agreement on July 1, an assessment shall be made to determine if the minimum percentage has been exceeded. If it has, the agency fee shall continue until the following annual assessment. If it has not, the agency fee will be discontinued and eligibility for reinstatement shall be on a quarterly basis as provided above.