UNION DUES CHECK-OFF On a weekly basis the Employer agrees to deduct uniform dues and initiation fees from the paycheck of those covered employees whose individual written unrevoked authorizations are on file with the Employer and to transmit the amounts so deducted to the Union monthly. Said deduction authorizations shall be in such form as to conform with Section 302(c) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947.
Union Check-Off The Employer agrees to the monthly check-off of all Union Dues, Assessments, Initiation Fees, and written assignments of amounts equal to Union Dues. The check-off monies deducted in accordance with the above paragraph shall be remitted to the Union by the Employer within two (2) weeks of the end of each month. The Employer shall provide the Union's Provincial Office with a list of all employees hired, and all employees who have left the employ of the Employer (who shall be designated as terminated and shall include discharges, resignations, retirements and deaths) in the previous month along with a list of all employees in the bargaining unit and their employee status and the amount of dues or equivalent monies currently being deducted for each employee.
DUES CHECK-OFF 1. The Board shall deduct from the wages of employees in the bargaining unit, upon receipt from the Union of individual authorization cards executed or individually signed by the employee, state dues and local dues or service fee for those employees hired by the Board on or after July 1, 1995. Revocation of dues shall be by written notice to the OAPSE State Treasurer, Treasurer of Local 149, and the Treasurer of the School District during the last ten calendar days of negotiated agreement. Members electing to withdraw from the Union must submit a written request, received within the ten (10) day withdrawal period, to OAPSE State Office at 0000 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, attention: Membership.
2. The Board agrees not to check off dues from the pay of any bargaining unit members for any other labor organization during the term of this Agreement.
3. Dues deductions shall be deducted in twenty-four equal installments starting with the second pay in September. The money collected by the Treasurer of the School District shall be forwarded to the OAPSE State Treasurer and Treasurer of Local 149 along with a list of members and the amounts individually deducted from each, no later than ten (10) working days after they are collected. A duplicate list of names and individual deductions shall be given to the local Treasurer at the time they are sent to the OAPSE State Treasurer.
4. Service Fee - Each employee covered by this Agreement who is hired on or after July 1, 1995, who fails voluntarily to acquire or maintain membership in the Union, shall be required to pay to OAPSE a service fee, which shall not exceed the dues paid by members of OAPSE who are in the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement; provided that any employee who has been declared exempt for religious convictions by the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) shall not be required to pay said fee. However, such employee shall pay, in lieu of such fee, on the same time schedule as Union dues are payable an amount of money equal to such fee to a non-religious charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, mutually agreed upon by such employee and the OAPSE state treasurer. Such employee shall furnish to the OAPSE state treasurer written receipts evidencing payment to such agreed upon non-religious fund. The provisions of this Article shall be explained to the employee at the time of the hiring interview. A written statement explaining the Service Fee shall be provided, by the Board, at the time of hire. The provisions of the service fee shall not be applicable to new hires until completion of their first sixty (60) calendar days of employment or to any employees exempt from the bargaining unit by virtue of being supervisory, managerial, confidential or casual employees. The Union shall adopt an internal rebate procedure in accordance with Section 4117.09(c) of the Ohio Revised Code which complies with Federal law.
5. The Union agrees to hold the Board harmless in any suit, claim or administrative proceeding arising out of or connected with the imposition, determination or collection of service fees for dues, to indemnify the Board for any liability imposed on it as a result of any such suit, claim or administrative proceeding to and to reimburse the Board for any and all expenses incurred by the Board in defending any such suit, claim or administrative proceeding, including attorney fees and court costs. For purposes of this section, the term “Board” includes the Board of Education of the Shaker Heights City School District, its members, the Treasurer, Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent-Business and Operations1 and all members of the administrative staff.
UNION SECURITY AND DUES CHECK-OFF 3.1 It shall be a condition of employment that all employees of the Employer covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing on the effective date of this Agreement shall remain members in good standing. It shall also be a condition of employment that all employees covered by this Agreement and hired on or after January 1, 2004 shall, on the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the beginning of such employment become and remain a member in good standing in the Union.
3.1.1 Should bona fide religious convictions of an employee dictate he/she may not join a Union, he/she shall be required to pay an amount equivalent to the Union initiation fee and monthly dues to a non-religious charity mutually agreed upon by the employee and the Union. If such employee pursuant to this Section requests the Union to use the Grievance and Arbitration Procedure on his/her behalf, the Union is authorized to charge the employee for the reasonable cost of using such procedure.
3.1.2 In the event an employee fails to apply for or maintain his/her membership in the Union as required in Sections 3.1 or 3.
1.1 of this Agreement, the Union may give the Employer notice of this fact and fourteen (14) calendar days following receipt of such notice, the service of such employee shall be suspended without pay by the Employer.
3.2 When the Employer hires a new employee covered in the bargaining unit, the Employer shall, within seven (7) calendar days of the date of employment, notify the Union in writing giving the name, social security number, hire date, address and classification of the employee hired. The Union agrees to defend and hold the Employer harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, orders or judgments arising from the administration and effects of this Section.
3.3 When provided a "voluntary check-off" authorization form furnished by the Union and signed by the employee, the Employer agrees to deduct from that employee's pay, the Union's applicable dues and/or service fees, as prescribed in the "voluntary check-off" form. The full amount of monies so deducted from the employee shall be promptly forwarded to the Union by check along with an alphabetized list showing names and amounts deducted from each employee. The Union agrees to defend and hold the Employer harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, orders or judgments arising from the administration and effects of this Article.
3.4 Work of the Bargaining Unit shall only be performed by members of the Bargaining Unit, who are in good standing with the local Union, except under emergency conditions or such work is incidental or de minimis.
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.
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.
Sick Leave Separation Cash Out At the time of retirement from state service or at death, an eligible employee or the employee’s estate will receive cash for their compensable sick leave balance on a one (1) hour for four (4) hours basis. For the purposes of this Section, retirement will not include “vested out of service” employees who leave funds on deposit with the retirement system.
Benefits During Leave Employees are encouraged to contact the Employer’s Benefits Office (phone # 000-000-0000, xxxxxxxx@xx.xxx) prior to any leave without pay to understand impact on benefits and learn about other points to consider.
Vacation Cash Out In each calendar year, an employee may make a one-time request to cash out and receive payment for up to forty (40) hours of vacation. In order to be eligible to cash out vacation hours, the employee must be a regular status employee and have a remaining vacation balance of sixty (60) hours or more. Vacation leave that has been pre-approved will be considered when the request is made in order to determine if they will maintain the minimum vacation balance requirement.
Approved Leave of Absence During Vacation Where it can be established by the employee through a doctor's certificate that an illness or accident occurred, or where an employee qualifies for bereavement or any other approved leave during his/her period of vacation, there shall be no deduction from vacation credits for such absence. The period of vacation so displaced shall either be added to the vacation or reinstated for use at a later date, at the employee's option, as mutually agreed.
