Common use of Religious Exemption from Agency Fee Obligations Clause in Contracts

Religious Exemption from Agency Fee Obligations. a. Any employee who is a member of a religious body whose traditional tenets or teachings include objections to joining or financially supporting employee organizations shall not be required to meet the above agency fee obligations, but shall pay by means of mandatory payroll deduction an amount equal to the agency fee (proportionate share of the Union's cost of legally authorized representational services), to a non-religious, non-labor charitable organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as designated by the employee from a list provided by the County Auditor-Controller. b. To qualify for the religious exemption the employee must provide to the Union, with a copy to the County Auditor-Controller, a written statement of objection, along with verifiable evidence of membership in a religious body as described above. The APCD will implement the change in status within thirty days unless notified by the Union that the requested exemption is not valid. c. Any of the above-described payment obligations shall be processed by the APCD in the usual and customary manner and time-frames.

Religious Exemption from Agency Fee Obligations. a. Any employee who is a member of a religious body whose traditional tenets or teachings include objections to joining or financially supporting employee organizations shall not be required to meet the above agency fee obligations, but shall pay by means of mandatory payroll deduction an amount equal to the agency fee (proportionate share of the Union's cost of legally authorized representational services), to a non-religious, non-labor charitable organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as designated by the employee from a list provided by the County Auditor-Controller. b. To qualify for the religious exemption the employee must provide to the Union, with a copy to the County Auditor-ControllerCounty, a written statement of objection, along with verifiable evidence of membership in a religious body as described above. The APCD County will implement the change in status within thirty days unless notified by the Union that the requested exemption is not valid. c. Any of the above-described payment obligations shall be processed by the APCD County in the usual and customary manner and time-frames.