Religious Objections. Any employee covered by this Agreement 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 join, maintain membership or financially support any employee organization as provided for in this Article, except that once such employee has submitted evidence to CSEA which proves that he/she sincerely holds such beliefs, he/she shall be required in lieu of a service fee to pay sums equal to such service fee to a non-religious, non-labor organization, charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c) (30 of Title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code), chosen by such employee from the following list of three: a. United Way b. C.A.S.A. (Center Against Sexual Assault) c Xxxxxx Animal Shelter Evidence that such an employee belongs to a religious body described herein shall, within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement, or their employment, present proof to CSEA that they are a member of such religious body and shall execute a written authorization for the payroll deduction in an amount equal to the service fee payable to one of the three organizations listed above, or in the alternative, such employee shall provide proof to the District that such payments have been made on an annual basis as a condition of continued exemption from the requirement of financial support to the exclusive representative. If such employee who holds religious objections pursuant to this Section requests the employee organization to use the grievance procedure or arbitration procedure on the employee’s behalf, the employee organization is authorized to charge the employee for the reasonable cost of using such procedure.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Religious Objections. Any employee covered by this Agreement 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 join, maintain membership or financially support any employee organization as provided for in this Article, except that once such employee has submitted evidence to CSEA which proves that he/she sincerely holds such beliefs, he/she shall be required in lieu of a service fee to pay sums equal to such service fee to a non-non- religious, non-labor organization, charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c) (30 of Title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code), chosen by such employee from the following list of three:
a. United Way
b. C.A.S.A. (Center Against Sexual Assault) c )
c. Xxxxxx Animal Shelter Evidence that such an employee belongs to a religious body described herein shall, within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement, or their employment, present proof to CSEA that they are a member of such religious body and shall execute a written authorization for the payroll deduction in an amount equal to the service fee payable to one of the three organizations listed above, or in the alternative, such employee shall provide proof to the District that such payments have been made on an annual basis as a condition of continued exemption from the requirement of financial support to the exclusive representative. If such employee who holds religious objections pursuant to this Section requests the employee organization to use the grievance procedure or arbitration procedure on the employee’s behalf, the employee organization is authorized to charge the employee for the reasonable cost of using such procedure.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement