Common use of UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF Clause in Contracts

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it shall be a condition of employment that on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member of the bargaining unit shall pay to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction A. All Employees covered by this Agreement and who have previously joined and are members of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150Ethe Union on November 1, Sec. 12 it 2000, or who become members thereafter, shall be maintain their membership as a condition of continued employment that during the term of this Agreement. Employees who are or become members of the Union may withdraw from the Union during the thirty (30) day period preceding the expiration of this Agreement by giving the Union written notice of their desire to withdraw. Such notification shall be made to the Union with a copy to the University. Employees who withdraw from the Union shall pay the agency fee described below. Employees hired prior to November 1, 2000 and who are not members of the Union on or after November 1, 2000 shall not be required to join the thirtieth (30th) day of employment Union or pay an agency fee. B. All Employees who become employed by the University and covered by this Agreement on or after November 1, 2000 and who fail voluntarily to acquire and maintain membership in the bargaining unitUnion, shall be required as a condition of continued employment to pay to the Union each month, beginning no later than thirty-one (31) days after the date of their employment, or after the effective date ratification of this Agreement, whichever is later, each an Agency Fee (a service charge as a contribution toward the cost of administration of this Agreement and every member the representation of Employees). The amount of such Agency Fee shall be the equivalent to the amount uniformly required to be paid as dues and initiation fees by those Employees who choose to become members of the bargaining unit Union. C. Payment of union dues and agency fees shall pay be made via the check off procedure provided by this Agreement. The Union shall hold the Employer harmless for any action taken in connection with paragraphs A-C of this Article or the enforcement thereof. D. Upon receipt of an Employee's written authorization, the Employer shall deduct from such Employee's salary in accordance with this Agreement, such Employee's Union Dues or Agency Fees and remit same together with a list of the names of the Employees from whose salaries deductions were made. The deduction shall be made in the first paycheck of the month. The Employer agrees to transmit the dues and agency fees deducted to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty tenth (2010th) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination day of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 following month. The Union shall keep have the Town Treasurer updated as to the name exclusive right of its authorized representative dues and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed agency fee checkoff for all employees covered by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on Agreement. In order for the payroll during the week in which the deduction is deductions to be made, or the authorization cards must be received by the Employer's designated representative by the fifteenth (15th) day of the month preceding the month when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 checkoff is to begin. The Employer assumes no responsibility is not required to make retroactive deductions if an employee is out on an unpaid leave of absence or other unpaid status or for periods prior to the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility receipt of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agentsauthorization card. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it A. It shall be a condition of employment that on all Faculty members covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing as of its effective or after the thirtieth (30th) day execution date, whichever is later, shall remain members in good standing, and those who are not members in good standing as of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective or execution date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the later of the bargaining unit effective or execution date, become and remain members in good standing of the Union. It also shall pay be a condition of employment that all Faculty members covered by this Agreement who are hired on or after its effective or execution date, whichever is later, shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) work day following the beginning of such employment become and remain members in good standing of the Union. The term “member(s) in good standing of the Union” shall be construed in accordance with federal labor law and the Union shall take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with the law. B. The University shall discharge any Faculty member covered by this Agreement within one (1) week after receipt of written notice from the Union that said individual is not a member in good standing of the Union as herein required. C. Payment of union dues and/or fees may be made via the checkoff procedure provided by this Article. It is agreed that the University shall assume no financial or other obligation arising out of the provisions of this Article except as specifically provided in this Article, and the Union hereby agrees that it shall indemnify and hold the University harmless from any claims, actions, or proceedings by a Faculty member arising from deductions made by the University hereunder or from the enforcement of this Article. Once the deductions are remitted to the Union, their disposition shall be the sole and exclusive obligation of the Union. D. Each payday, the University shall deduct from a Faculty member’s wages a sum of dues and/or fees owed the Union and authorized under the federal labor law, provided the Faculty member has furnished the University a written assignment executed in accordance with law. The Union will provide to the University a suitable form for the authorization of this payroll deduction and as to new Faculty, the University will include that form in his/her initial employment packet. The Union shall be responsible for obtaining executed written assignments from existing Faculty. The University shall remit the dues and/or fees to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall duly authorized representatives not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.later than ten

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction Section 1. Management will make available to all employees entering the bargaining unit a copy of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant this Agreement. Section 2. The current or future employment of bargaining unit employees is not contingent upon membership in the Union or the payment of union dues or fees. Section 3. The Employer agrees to General Law Chapter 150E, Secmake Union payroll deductions **once or twice** each month from the pay of the employees who have authorized that such deductions be made as set forth in Subsections 4 and 5. Section 4. 12 it shall be As soon as practicable following the decision to hire a condition of employment that on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in new employee into the bargaining unit, the Employer shall notify the Union of newly-hired bargaining unit employees and provide the Union an opportunity during the onboarding process to meet with newly-hired bargaining unit employees to discuss the employees’ options with respect to becoming or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every not becoming a member of the bargaining unit shall pay to Union. Section 5. Each employee who becomes a member of the Union an Agency Service Fee which after June 27, 2018, must sign the Union’s Application for Union Membership and Authorized Dues Deduction Card, and shall be proportionally commensurate do so with the cost of collective bargaining understanding that the dues authorization and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and assignment shall be irrevocable for a period the term of the applicable contract between the Union and the Employer or for one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreementyear, whichever occurs sooneris the Section 6. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove make any Employee Union payroll deductions from employment because any employee without written authorization from the employee. In the case of failure an employee who becomes a member after June 27, 2018, written authorization must be in the form of a signed and completed Application for Union Membership and Authorized Dues Deduction Card, as well as any additional written authorization as the Employer may require. In the event the terms of the Employer’s written authorization conflicts with the terms of the Union’s Card, the terms of the Card shall be controlling. For an employee who became a member prior to pay June 27, 2018, the employer must have from the employee written authorization showing the employee’s clear intent to participate in Union dues or agency service feepayroll deductions. 5.8 Section 7. Employees may resign their Union membership at any time by notifying the Union, but may still be responsible for payroll deductions as set forth in Subsection 4. Section 8. Deductions for any calendar month shall be remitted to the Union. In the event that a refund is due to any employee for any sums deducted from wages and paid to the Union, it shall be the responsibility of such employee to obtain the appropriate refund from the Union. Section 9. The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save Employer shall not be liable for the remittance or payment of any sums other than those constituting actual deductions made. If the Employer blameless against fails to make a deduction for any employee as provided, it shall make that deduction from the employee’s next pay period in which such deduction is normally deducted after the error has been called to its attention by the employee or the Union. Section 10. If there is an increase or decrease in Union payroll deductions, as determined and all claimsestablished by the Union, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against such changes shall become effective upon the second pay period following notice from the Union to the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Articlethe new amount(s).

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Samples: Labor Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it A. It shall be a condition of employment that on all Faculty members covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing as of its effective or after the thirtieth (30th) day execution date, whichever is later, shall remain members in good standing, and those who are not members in good standing as of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective or execution date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the later of the bargaining unit effective or execution date, become and remain members in good standing of the Union. It also shall pay be a condition of employment that all Faculty members covered by this Agreement who are hired on or after its effective or execution date, whichever is later, shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) work day following the beginning of such employment become and remain members in good standing of the Union. The term "member(s) in good standing of the Union" shall be construed in accordance with federal labor law and the Union shall take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with the law. B. The University shall discharge any Faculty member covered by this Agreement within one (1) week after receipt of written notice from the Union that said individual is not a member in good standing of the Union as herein required. C. Payment of union dues and/or fees may be made via the checkoff procedure provided by this Article. It is agreed that the University shall assume no financial or other obligation arising out of the provisions of this Article except as specifically provided in this Article, and the Union hereby agrees that it shall indemnify and hold the University harmless from any claims, actions, or proceedings by a Faculty member arising from deductions made by the University hereunder or from the enforcement of this Article. Once the deductions are remitted to the Union, their disposition shall be the sole and exclusive obligation of the Union. D. Each payday, the University shall deduct from a Faculty member's wages a sum of dues and/or fees owed the Union and authorized under the federal labor law, provided the Faculty member has furnished the University a written assignment executed in accordance with law. The Union will provide to the University a suitable form for the authorization of this payroll deduction and as to new Faculty, the University will include that form in his/her initial employment packet. The Union shall be responsible for obtaining executed written assignments from existing Faculty. The University shall remit the dues and/or fees to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union its duly authorized representatives not more than twenty (20) days and not less later than ten (10) working days prior after each payday. In the event no earnings or wages are due on the payday of any month, the University shall deduct from the first wages due thereafter the dues and/or fees so owed and remit the same to the expiration Union within two (2) weeks from the time such deductions are made. Following receipt of such timeany checkoff revocation, the University shall notify the Union, in writing, of the revocation. If no such Should the University fail to make the above deduction notwithstanding its receipt of a valid written authorization, the University shall be liable to the Union for the amount thereof forty eight (48) hours after receipt of written notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination Union of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooneramount due. This shall not constitute a waiver of the right of the University to collect or recover the monies directly from the Faculty member. 5.4 E. The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as refund to the name of its authorized representative and University, or to the address to which the Faculty member involved, any Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be and/or fees erroneously deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed Faculty member's compensation by the Employee University and the mailing of such deducted moneys remitted to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agentsUnion. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150El50E, Sec. 12 it shall be a condition of employment that on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member of the bargaining unit shall pay to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form for requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s 's payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any an Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s employee's failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer Town will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the EmployerTown, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer Town shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service feefees. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer Town blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer Town or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it A. All employees now or hereafter employed in the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement shall be as a condition of employment that employment, acquire and maintain membership in the Union on or after the thirtieth thirty-first (30th31st) day following the beginning of their employment in the bargaining unit, or of the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later. B. For the purposes of this Article, each membership in good standing shall mean the payment of periodic dues and every member the initiation of fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. C. Any employee who desires to have the bargaining unit shall Company deduct the amount of a Union initiation fee and / or monthly Union membership dues from his / her pay and remit same to the Union shall execute an Agency Service Fee which authorization card for such purposes. No deductions shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time made by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer Company unless and until it receives a uniform duly executed checkoff authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each monthcard, the Town Treasurer will on form, content and substance of which has been mutually agreed to by the next month begin to deduct Company and the Union. Moreover, no deductions for Union charges, other than for dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of and initiation fees, assessments, or fineswill be effectuated under the checkoff procedure. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied D. Checkoff by the Union and signed Company shall commence no sooner than the first pay period in the month following the day on which the executed checkoff authorization card is received by the Employee from whose wages such Company. E. The amounts of the monthly Union membership dues and / or payments toward the Union initiation fee will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain certified to the Company in effect until revoked writing by the Employee, and Financial Secretary of the Union. A certification from said Financial Secretary which changes the amount of said dues shall be irrevocable for become effective no later than the first day of the month following a period of one year thirty (30) days from the date the authorization Company received such certification. F. Checkoff shall be made in the first pay period of the month as aforesaid, provided there is signedsufficient pay available to cover the same for the full amount authorized after all deductions required by law or authorized by the employee have been made. If the scheduled deduction from Union membership dues cannot be made in that pay period the full amount of the deduction will be made from the employee’s pay in the next succeeding pay period in which there is sufficient pay. Deductions will not be made in respect to any prior months’ dues except when the Company, through error or oversight, failed to make the deduction in any such month. G. No later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the deduction has been made, the Company shall remit a check for same to the Union’s Financial Secretary, payable to the order of the Union. Accompanying such payment shall be a list stating the names of the employees from whose pay deductions have been made, a deduction has been made for a prior month, or until the termination no deduction has been made because of this collective bargaining Agreementcancellation of authorization, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration revocation of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafterauthorization, or until insufficient earnings in the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs soonerpay period. 5.4 H. The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold indemnify and save the Employer blameless Company harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form forms of liabilityliability that shall arise out of or by reason of action taken by the Company for the purpose of complying with any of the provisions of the Article, including attorneys feesor reliance on any list, instituted against the Employer certification, notice, or its personnel on account of payroll deductions assignment furnished under this Articleany such provision.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, SecSection 1. 12 it shall be As a condition of employment that on employment, each employee shall, after thirty (30) days from date of hire, become a member of the Union. All employees who are now members or after hereafter become members of the thirtieth (30th) day Union shall, as a condition of employment in continued employment, remain members during the bargaining unit, or the effective date term of this Agreement. An employee who shall tender the initiation fees (if not already a member) and all periodic dues uniformly required to acquire or retain membership in the Union shall be deemed to have met such conditions. Employees to whom membership in the Union is denied or terminated solely because of their failure to tender the uniform initiation fees or periodic dues shall not be retained by the Company. No employee shall be discharged pursuant to this Section, whichever however, unless he has failed to tender his delinquent dues and/or initiation fees within seven (7) working days after the Union has sent written notice of such delinquency to the employee and the Company is lateradvised of such failure in a letter requesting such employee’s discharge. Section 2. Upon receipt of a signed authorization from any employee in the unit represented by the Union, each and every member of the bargaining unit Company shall deduct from the employee’s pay the amount owed to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with by each such employee for initiation fees and monthly dues and the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount Company will transmit to the sum set from time to authorized representative of the Union the total deductions made in the above manner, by check, within two (2) weeks of the day such deductions are made. Any employee may revoke his Union dues check off authorization at any time by giving written notice to the Company. Upon receiving notice from an employee removing his Union dues Check off authority, the Company shall thereafter notify the Union as their regular duesof the receipt of such notice. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll checkSection 3. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold indemnify and save the Employer blameless harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, unfair labor practice charges or other form forms of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against liability that arise out of or by reason of any action taken or not taken by the Employer or its personnel on account for the purpose of payroll deductions under complying with any of the provisions of this Article, or reliance on any list, notice or assignment furnished under any such provision. Section 4. The Employer shall provide the Union with a monthly statement showing employee’s name, classification, hourly rate of pay, and the amount of dues deducted. The Employer shall also provide a monthly list of new hires with classifications, terminations, and employees on an unpaid approved leave of absence. Both lists shall be alphabetized or in an order as mutually agreed.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it A. It shall be a condition of employment that on all ASWs covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing as of its effective or after the thirtieth (30th) day execution date, whichever is later, shall remain members in good standing, and those who are not members in good standing as of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective or execution date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the later of the bargaining unit effective or execution date, become and remain members in good standing of the Union. It also shall pay be a condition of employment that all ASWs covered by this Agreement who are hired on or after its effective or execution date, whichever is later, shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) work day following the beginning of such employment become and remain members in good standing of the Union. The term "member(s) in good standing of the Union" shall be construed in accordance with federal labor law and the Union shall take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with the law. B. The University shall discharge any ASW covered by this Agreement within one (1) week after receipt of written notice from the Union that said individual is not a member in good standing of the Union as herein required. C. Payment of union dues and/or fees may be made via the checkoff procedure provided by this Article. It is agreed that the University shall assume no financial or other obligation arising out of the provisions of this Article except as specifically provided in this Article, and the Union hereby agrees that it shall indemnify and hold the University harmless from any claims, actions, or proceedings by an ASW arising from deductions made by the University hereunder or from the enforcement of this Article. Once the deductions are remitted to the Union, their disposition shall be the sole and exclusive obligation of the Union. D. Each payday, the University shall deduct from an ASW's wages a sum of dues and/or fees owed the Union and authorized under the federal labor law, provided the ASW has furnished the University a written assignment executed in accordance with law. The Union will provide to the University a suitable form for the authorization of this payroll deduction. The University will include that form in the employment packet of all ASWs. The University shall remit the dues and/or fees to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union its duly authorized representatives not more than twenty (20) days and not less later than ten (10) working days prior after each payday. In the event no earnings or wages are due on the payday of any month, the University shall deduct from the first wages due thereafter the dues and/or fees so owed and remit the same to the expiration Union within two (2) weeks from the time such deductions are made. Following receipt of such timeany checkoff revocation, the University shall notify the Union, in writing, of the revocation. If no such Should the University fail to make the above deduction notwithstanding its receipt of a valid written authorization, the University shall be liable to the Union for the amount thereof forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of written notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination Union of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooneramount due. This shall not constitute a waiver of the right of the University to collect or recover the monies directly from the Faculty member. 5.4 E. The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as refund to the name of its authorized representative and University, or to the address to which the ASW member involved, any Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be and/or fees erroneously deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed ASW member's compensation by the Employee University and the mailing of such deducted moneys remitted to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agentsUnion. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction 1. All Employees in the bargaining unit who are members of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150Ethe Union on the effective date of this Agreement, Sec. 12 it shall be must, as a condition of employment that on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in the bargaining unit, maintain their membership in the Union to the extent of paying the periodic dues uniformly required of all Union members. 2. All Employees in the bargaining unit who are not members of the Union on the effective date of this Agreement shall be required, as a condition of employment in the bargaining unit, beginning thirty-one (31) days following the effective date of this Agreement, to pay to the Union a service charge as a contribution toward the administration of this Agreement in an amount equal to the periodic dues uniformly required of all union members. 3. All new employees upon the expiration of thirty (30) calendar days after the date of their employment, or beginning thirty-one (31) days following the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each shall, as a condition of employment in the bargaining unit, become members of the Union and every shall remain a member of the bargaining unit Union to the extent of paying the initiation fees and periodic dues uniformly required of all Union members. 4. Upon written request of the Union the Employer will, within five (5) calendar days of its receipt of such request, discharge any employee who in accordance with the above fails to tender the initiation fees and periodic dues uniformly required to obtain and maintain membership in the Union or the service charge whichever is applicable. 5. In accordance with and upon receipt of signed individual checkoff authorization forms from employees, the employer shall deduct from the pay of each such employee, who is then in the employ of the Employer and covered by this Agreement, his Union dues and initiation fees or service charge whichever is applicable. After such deductions have been made, remittance shall be made by the Employer to the Union an Agency Service Fee which at the address designated by the International Treasurer of the Union, together with a list of the employees for whom deductions have been made. The amount to be deducted shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time determined by the Union and the Employer shall be timely notified of any contemplated change in such amounts. The Employer shall arrange to have the employees sign such authorization forms as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits provided by the Union. The Employer shall transmit to the Town Treasurer Financial Secretary of the Local Union a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment written report of initiation fees, assessmentsdues and service charges deducted each month, or finesaddress changes and of all terminations of employment including quits and retirees within the bargaining unit each month. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be 6. In accordance with and upon receipt of signed individual PoliticalAction Committee check-off authorization forms from employees, the Employer shall deduct from the first pay of the year of each such employee, who is then in uniform formthe employ of the Employer, supplied the amount so designated by the Union and signed employee. After such deductions have been made, remittance shall be made by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee Employer to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination Treasurer of the AgreementUnited Steelworkers of America, whichever occurs soonerPolitical Action Fund, Five Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000. 5.4 7. The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold indemnify and save the Employer blameless harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form forms of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against liability arising out of any action taken or not taken by the Employer for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Article or its personnel in reliance on account any authorization or notification furnished under any of payroll deductions under such provisions. 8. An International Representative of the Union and/or the President of the Local Union accompanied by a representative of the Employer, may visit the plant during regular working hours and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, to observe operations in connection with the administration of this ArticleAgreement. 9. The Employer will furnish the Union with bulletin boards in the plants. The bulletin boards will be near the time clock and in the dispatch room. The Union will use this space only for posting official Union notices and official papers. Notices and papers will be posted only by officially named Union representatives and will be keeping with the spirit and intent of this Agreement. During grievance meetings conducted in the Company's offices, the Company will provide a table for use by the grievance committee. 10. As soon as is practicable after the signing of this Agreement, the Employer will provide one printed copy to each employee and one copy to a Union committee person for distribution to each new employee upon completion of his probationary period.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement (Chemi Trol Chemical Co)

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it shall be a condition of employment that on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member of the bargaining unit shall pay to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues.every 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it shall be a condition of employment that on or after During the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective date life of this Agreement, whichever is later, Agreement the Company agrees to make monthly deductions for the dues and for the Union initiation fee for each and every member employee who signs a deduction authorization. Such deductions will be paid monthly to the Financial Secretary of the bargaining unit Union. The Union agrees to furnish the Company written notice of the amount to be deducted for initiation fees and dues, and of the identity of the Union official authorized to receipt for such deductions. The Union shall pay report monthly to the Company all amounts owing as dues to the Union an Agency Service Fee which from employees for whom no dues were deducted in the preceding month, and such amounts shall be proportionally commensurate deducted with the cost employee's next regular dues deduction. LOCAL 502, IUE-AFL-CIO INDIVIDUAL CHECKOFF AUTHORIZATION To: Effective Date: ---------------------- ------------------ (Name of collective bargaining Company) I authorize and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted direct you to check off from my pay each pay period and shall be equal in amount to month the sum set from time of $ as my monthly Union Membership dues (agency equivalent fee), ----- including initiation fee of $ (if payable), and promptly to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits remit same ----- to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each monthLocal 502, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll IUE-AFL-CIO. This check. No -off authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect continue until revoked by and may be revoked only at the Employee, times and in the manner provided below and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed19 , or until the termination ------------ -- expiration of this collective bargaining Agreement, the Agreement between the Company and the Union (whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer), with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one each succeeding year thereafter, or until the termination expiration of the Agreement, said successive applicable Agreement between the Company and the Union (whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep ), unless it is revoked by me within the Town Treasurer updated as to seven (7) days preceding the name end of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections such period of irrevocability. Revocation shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing effective only if I give you and duly signed Local 502 written notice by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who individual registered mail, return receipt requested, and it is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll received or postmarked during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any period specified above. --------------------------- (Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative's Signature) LOCAL 502 IUE-AFL-CIO Dept. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.Clock No. ------------ ------------ ------------

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement (Carbide Graphite Group Inc /De/)

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction 1. The Employer agrees to deduct from the salary of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it shall be a condition of employment that on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment each individual employee in the bargaining unitunit who voluntarily becomes a member, the Union's dues subject to all of the following: A. The Union shall obtain from each of its members a completed checkoff authorization form which shall conform to the respective state and federal laws concerning that subject or any interpretations made thereof. B. All checkoff authorization forms shall be filed with the effective date Employer who may return any uncompleted or incorrectly completed form to the Union's Treasurer and no checkoff shall be made until such deficiency is corrected. C. All other employees covered under this Agreement who do not voluntarily choose membership in the Union shall have deducted from their wages a percentage of the membership dues which sum shall be less than one hundred (100%) percent of said dues and which sum shall accurately represent the amount for said employee due the Union as their fair share of costs attributable to negotiating the terms of this Agreement, whichever which sum shall not include, by way of example, but not by way of limitation, state, national, or other dues and assessments or other amounts for other Union activities. D. The Employer shall checkoff only obligations which come due at the time of checkoff, and will make checkoff deduction only if the.employee has enough pay due to cover such obligation, and will not be responsible for refund to the employee if he has duplicated a checkoff deduction by direct payment to the Union. E. The Employer's remittance will be deemed correct if the Union does not give written notice to the Employer within two (2) calendar weeks after a remittance is latersent, each of its belief, with reasons stated therefore, that the remittance is incorrect. F. Any employee covered by the terms of this Agreement may join or terminate membership in the Union by written notice to the Employer and every member the amount owing the Union shall reflect accordingly with the next payment from the employee due the Union. G. The Union shall provide at least thirty (30) days written notice to the Employer of the bargaining unit shall pay amount of Union dues and/or representation fee to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first the wages of the County employees as in accordance with this Article. Any change in the amounts determined will also be provided to the Employer at least thirty (30) days prior to its implementation. H. The Union agrees to indemnify, defend, and save the Employer harmless against any and all claims, suits, or other forms of liability arising out of its deduction from an employee's pay check each monthof Union dues and representation fees or in reliance on any list, notice, certification, or authorization furnished under this Article. The Union assumes full responsibility for the Town Treasurer will on disposition of the next month begin deductions so made, once they have ben sent to the Union. I. The Union shall exclusively use the following checkoff authorization form as herein provided for: CHECKOFF AUTHORIZATION FORM I hereby request and authorize you to deduct Union from my wages hereafter earned by me while in the County's employ, my POLC dues from said Employee’s payroll checkof $ per month. No authorization The amount deducted shall be allowed for payment paid to the Treasurer of initiation feesthe Union, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by according to the Union Agreement reached between the Employer and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deductedUnion. Such This authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town TreasurerEmployer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such timeI request its revocation. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the PRINT: Rank Last Name First Name Middle Initial Date deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.start: Month Signature Address City State

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 SECTION 1: The Employer and the Union agree that membership in the Union is available to all employees occupying classifications as has been determined by this Agreement to be appropriately within the bargaining unit. SECTION 2: The Employer agrees to deduct periodic Union dues, initiation fees, re- initiation fees, and assessments once each month from the pay of any employee eligible for membership in the bargaining unit upon receiving written authorization signed individually and voluntarily by the employee. The signed payroll deduction form must be presented to the Employer by the employee and/or Local Union Office. Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it deduction authorization shall be on a form provided by the Union and approved by the Employer. SECTION 3: All new employees who do not become members within sixty (60) days following the beginning of employment shall be required to pay a Fair Share Fee as a condition of employment that on or after continued employment. The Fair Share Fee shall be established to cover the thirtieth employee's pro-rata share of: (30th1) day the direct costs incurred by the Union in negotiating and administering this Agreement and of employment settling grievances and disputes arising under this Agreement; and (2) the Union's expenses incurred for activities normally and reasonably employed to effectuate its duties as the exclusive representative of the employees in the bargaining unitunit covered by this Agreement. Fair Share Fees shall be deducted and remitted during the same period as dues; provided the employee has received sufficient wages during the applicable pay period to equal the deduction. The deduction of Fair Share Fee is automatic and does not require authorization by the employee, or as outlined in Chapter 4117 of the effective Revised Code. All current employees, who are members of the Union on the date of execution of this Agreement, whichever is laterwho thereafter withdraw from membership, each and every member of the bargaining unit shall pay be subject to the Union an Agency Service Fair Share Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, provision as provided below, be deducted each pay for in this Article. Employees wishing to withdraw from membership may do so during the thirty (30) day period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than beginning one- hundred-twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10120) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization this agreement and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as ending ninety (90) days prior to the name expiration of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representativethis agreement. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it ‌ A. It shall be a condition of employment that on all SHS professional staff members covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing as of its effective or after the thirtieth (30th) day execution date, whichever is later, shall remain members in good standing, and those who are not members in good standing as of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective or execution date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the latter of the bargaining unit effective or execution date, become and remain members in good standing of the Union. It also shall pay be a condition of employment that all SHS professional staff members covered by this Agreement who are hired on or after its effective or execution date, whichever is later, shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) work day following the beginning of such employment become and remain members in good standing of the Union. The term “member(s) in good standing of the Union” shall be construed in accordance with federal labor law and the Union shall take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with the law. B. The University shall discharge any SHS professional staff members covered by this Agreement within one (1) week after receipt of written notice from the Union that said individual is not a member in good standing of the Union as herein required. C. Payment of union dues and/or fees may be made via the checkoff procedure provided by this Article. It is agreed that the University shall assume no financial or other obligation arising out of the provisions of the Article except as specifically provided in this Article, and the Union hereby agrees that it shall indemnify and hold the University harmless from any claims, actions, or proceedings by SHS professional staff members arising from deductions made by the University hereunder or from the enforcement of this Article. Once the deductions are remitted to the Union, their disposition shall be the sole and exclusive obligation of the Union. D. Each payday, the University shall deduct from SHS professional staff wages a sum of dues and/or fees owed the Union and authorized under the federal labor law, provided the Union member has furnished the University a written assignment executed in accordance with law. The Union will provide to the University a suitable form for the authorization of this payroll deduction and as to new SHS professional staff members, the University will include that form in their initial employment packet. The Union shall be responsible for obtaining executed written assignment from existing SHS professional staff members. The University shall remit the dues and/or fees to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shallor its duly authorized representatives on a monthly basis, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less no later than ten (10) working days prior after the first day of the subsequent month. In the event no earnings or wages are due on the paydays of any month, the University shall deduct from the first wages due thereafter the dues and/or fees so owed and remit the same to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.within four

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant A. All adjunct or part-time faculty who become employed by the University and covered by this Agreement and who fail volun- tarily to General Law Chapter 150Eacquire and maintain membership in the Union, Sec. 12 it shall be required as a condition of continued employment that on to pay to the Union each month, beginning no later than thirty-one (31) days after the date of their employment, or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective date ratification of this Agreement, whichever is later, each an Agency Fee (a service charge as a contribution toward the cost of administration of this Agreement and every member the representation of adjunct or part-time faculty). The amount of such Agency Fee shall be the equivalent to the amount uniformly required to be paid as dues and initia- tion fees by those who choose to become members of the bargaining unit Union. B. Payment of union dues and agency fees may be made via C. Upon receipt of an adjunct's written authorization, the University shall pay deduct from such adjunct's wages in accordance with this Agreement, such Union Dues or Agency Fees and remit same together with a list of the names of the adjunct or part- time faculty from whose wages deductions were made. The deduc- tion shall be made in the first paycheck of the month. The University agrees to transmit the dues and agency fees deducted to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty tenth (2010th) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination day of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 following month. The Union shall keep have the Town Treasurer updated as to the name exclusive right of its authorized representative dues and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed agency fee checkoff for all adjunct or part-time faculty covered by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on Agreement. In order for the payroll during the week in which the deduction is deductions to be made, or the authorization cards must be received by the University's designated representa- tive by the fifteenth (15th) day of the month preceding the month when the dues exceed checkoff is to begin. The University is not required to make retroactive deductions if an employee is out on an unpaid leave of absence or other unpaid status. The Union will provide to the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility University a suitable form, signed by an adjunct or part-time faculty, for the consequences authorization of any Employee’s failure payroll deductions. The Union will provide to authorize the University a dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will authorization form suitable to be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed transmitted electronically by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys University to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agentsadjunct faculty after hire. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it A. All employees now or hereafter employed in the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement shall be as a condition of employment that employment, acquire and maintain membership in the Union on or after the thirtieth thirty-first (30th31st) day following the beginning of their employment in the bargaining unit, or of the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later. B. For the purposes of this Article, each membership in good standing shall mean the payment of periodic dues and every member the initiation of fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. C. Any employee who desires to have the bargaining unit shall Company deduct the amount of a Union initiation fee and/ or monthly Union membership dues from his/ her pay and remit same to the Union shall execute an Agency Service Fee which authorization card for such purposes. No deductions shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time made by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer Company unless and until it receives a uniform duly executed checkoff authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each monthcard, the Town Treasurer will on form, content and substance of which has been mutually agreed to by the next month begin to deduct Company and the Union. Moreover, no deductions for Union charges, other than for dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of and initiation fees, assessments, or fineswill be effectuated under the checkoff procedure. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied D. Checkoff by the Union and signed Company shall commence no sooner than the first pay period in the month following the day on which the executed checkoff authorization card is received by the Employee from whose wages such Company. E. The amounts of the monthly Union membership dues and/ or payments toward the Union initiation fee will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain certified to the Company in effect until revoked writing by the Employee, and Financial Secretary of the Union. A certification from said Financial Secretary which changes the amount of said dues shall be irrevocable for become effective no later than the first day of the month following a period of one year thirty (30) days from the date the authorization Company received such certification. F. Checkoff shall be made in the first pay period of the month as aforesaid, provided there is signedsufficient pay available to cover the same for the full amount authorized after all deductions required by law or authorized by the employee have been made. If the scheduled deduction from Union membership dues cannot be made in that pay period the full amount of the deduction will be made from the employee's pay in the next succeeding pay period in which there is sufficient pay. Deductions will not be made in respect to any prior months' dues except when the Company, through error or oversight, failed to make the deduction in any such month. G. No later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the deduction has been made, the Company shall remit a check for same to the Union's Financial Secretary, payable to the order of the Union. Accompanying such payment shall be a list stating the names of the employees from whose pay deductions have been made, a deduction has been made for a prior month, or until the termination no deduction has been made because of this collective bargaining Agreementcancellation of authorization, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration revocation of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafterauthorization, or until insufficient earnings in the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs soonerpay period. 5.4 H. The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold indemnify and save the Employer blameless Company harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form forms of liabilityliability that shall arise out of or by reason of action taken by the Company for the purpose of complying with any of the provisions of the Article, including attorneys feesor reliance on any list, instituted against the Employer certification, notice, or its personnel on account of payroll deductions assignment furnished under this Articleany such provision.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec3.1. 12 it It shall be a condition of employment that on all Faculty members covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing as of its effective or after the thirtieth (30th) day execution date, whichever is later, shall remain members in good standing, and those who are not members in good standing as of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective or execution date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the later of the effective or execution date, become and every remain members in good standing of the Union. 3.2. It also shall be a condition of employment that all Faculty members covered by this Agreement who are hired on or after its effective or execution date, whichever is later, shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) work day following the beginning of such employment become and remain members in good standing of the Union. The term “member(s) in good standing of the Union” shall be construed in accordance with labor law and the Union shall take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with the law. 3.3. The University shall suspend, without pay, a bargaining unit member for up to two weeks any Faculty member covered by this Agreement within one (1) week after receipt of written notice from the Union that said individual is not a member in good standing of the Union as herein required. If after the suspension the Faculty member fails to become a member in good standing, he or she shall be terminated after having completed all of the responsibilities of his/her appointment and shall not be rehired into the bargaining unit until such time as he/she becomes a member in good standing with the Union. 3.4. Payment of union dues and/or fees may be made via the check off procedure provided by this Article. It is agreed that the University shall pay assume no financial or other obligation arising out of the provisions of this Article except as specifically provided in this Article, and the Union hereby agrees that it shall indemnify and hold the University harmless from any claims, actions, or proceedings by a Faculty member arising from deductions made by the University hereunder or from the enforcement of this Article. Once the deductions are remitted to the Union, their disposition shall be the sole and exclusive obligation of the Union. 3.5. Each payday, the University shall deduct from a Faculty member’s wages a sum of dues and/or fees owed the Union and authorized under labor law, provided the Faculty member has furnished the University a written authorization executed in accordance with law. The Union will provide to the University a suitable form for the authorization of this payroll deduction and as to new Faculty, the University will include that form in his/her initial employment packet. The Union shall be responsible for obtaining executed written authorizations from existing Faculty. The University shall remit the dues and/or fees to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall or its duly authorized representatives on a schedule to be proportionally commensurate with determined by University Treasurer’s office within 30 days of the cost execution of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular duesthis agreement. 5.2 If an Employee submits to 3.6. In the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each event no earnings or wages are due on the payday of any month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to University shall deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date first wages due thereafter the authorization is signed, or until dues and/or fees so owed and remit the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy same to the Union not more than twenty (20) days within a month from the time such deductions are made. Should the University fail to make the above deduction notwithstanding its receipt of a valid written authorization, the University shall deduct whatever dues are owed from the Faculty member’s subsequent paycheck and not less than ten (10) days prior remit same to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs soonerunion. 5.4 3.7. The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as refund to the name of its authorized representative and University, or to the address to which the Faculty member involved, any Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be and/or fees erroneously deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any EmployeeFaculty member’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed compensation by the Employee University and the mailing of such deducted moneys remitted to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agentsUnion. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it A. It shall be a condition of employment that on all SHS professional staff members covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing as of its effective or after the thirtieth (30th) day execution date, whichever is later, shall remain members in good standing, and those who are not members in good standing as of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective or execution date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the latter of the bargaining unit effective or execution date, become and remain members in good standing of the Union. It also shall pay be a condition of employment that all SHS professional staff members covered by this Agreement who are hired on or after its effective or execution date, whichever is later, shall, on or after the thirtieth (30th) work day following the beginning of such employment become and remain members in good standing of the Union. The term “member(s) in good standing of the Union” shall be construed in accordance with federal labor law and the Union shall take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with the law. B. The University shall discharge any SHS professional staff members covered by this Agreement within one (1) week after receipt of written notice from the Union that said individual is not a member in good standing of the Union as herein required. C. Payment of union dues and/or fees may be made via the checkoff procedure provided by this Article. It is agreed that the University shall assume no financial or other obligation arising out of the provisions of the Article except as specifically provided in this Article, and the Union hereby agrees that it shall indemnify and hold the University harmless from any claims, actions, or proceedings by SHS professional staff members arising from deductions made by the University hereunder or from the enforcement of this Article. Once the deductions are remitted to the Union, their disposition shall be the sole and exclusive obligation of the Union. D. Each payday, the University shall deduct from SHS professional staff wages a sum of dues and/or fees owed the Union and authorized under the federal labor law, provided the Union member has furnished the University a written assignment executed in accordance with law. The Union will provide to the University a suitable form for the authorization of this payroll deduction and as to new SHS professional staff members, the University will include that form in their initial employment packet. The Union shall be responsible for obtaining executed written assignment from existing SHS professional staff members. The University shall remit the dues and/or fees to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shallor its duly authorized representatives on a monthly basis, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less no later than ten (10) working days prior after the first day of the subsequent month. In the event no earnings or wages are due on the paydays of any month, the University shall deduct from the first wages due thereafter the dues and/or fees so owed and remit the same to the expiration Union within four (4) weeks from the time such deductions are made. Following receipt of such timeany checkoff revocation, the University shall notify the Union, in writing, of the revocation. If no such Should the University fail to make the above deduction notwithstanding its receipt of a valid written authorization, the University shall be liable to the Union for the amount thereof forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of written notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination Union of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooneramount due. This shall not constitute a waiver of the right of the University to collect or recover the monies directly from the SHS professional staff members. 5.4 E. The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as refund to the name of its authorized representative and University, or to the address to which the SHS professional staff members involved, any Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be and/or fees erroneously deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any EmployeeUnion member’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed compensation by the Employee University and the mailing of such deducted moneys remitted to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agentsUnion. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction 2.1 All present employees shall become or remain, as the case may be, members of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150Ethe Union; and all persons who may hereafter become employees covered by this Agreement shall become members after 90 calendar days of employment and shall maintain such membership, Sec. 12 it shall be all as a condition of employment continuing employment. 2.2 Three times each month, so long as this Agreement continues to operate, the Corporation will deduct from the remuneration of each employee who is covered by this Agreement and to whom any remuneration is due in that on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in the bargaining unitmonth, or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, each and every member of the bargaining unit shall pay an amount 2.3 In addition to the Union an Agency Service Fee which dues in Article 2.2, the Corporation shall be proportionally commensurate with similarly deduct from the cost remuneration of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, each such employee such sum as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to may constitute the sum set from time to time total of any monthly assessments adopted by the Union as their regular duesa contribution to the social and general welfare of the Union. The Union shall notify the Director, People Services of the Corporation in writing of the amount of any such assessments. 5.2 If an Employee submits 2.4 All sums deducted pursuant to this Article shall be remitted monthly by the Corporation to the Town Treasurer of the Union and such remittance shall be made within 14 calendar days following the deduction, together with a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted list of names of all employees from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct whose remuneration Union dues from said Employee’s payroll checkand assessments were so deducted. No authorization The Corporation shall be allowed for payment notify the Union once each month of initiation fees, assessments, or finesall terminations of employment and of all newly hired employees. 5.3 All authorizations 2.5 The Union shall indemnify and save the Corporation harmless from and against all claims and demands brought or made against the Corporation by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied an employee as a result of the deduction and remittance by the Corporation to the Union of dues and assessments pursuant to this Article; provided that this section does not apply to a request by the Union for correction and signed by adjustment of any error in the Employee from whose wages such deduction or remittance of Union dues or assessments. 2.6 The Corporation will inform each new employee of the provisions of this Article and give each permanent employee and each temporary employee hired for more than 9 weeks a copy of the Collective Agreement. During the first day at work the employees noted above will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked introduced by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy manager to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs soonerXxxxxxx. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150E, Sec. 12 it shall be As a condition of employment that on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of employment in the bargaining unit, or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is lateremployment, each and every member of the bargaining unit shall pay establish and maintain a membership in the Union, or shall tender to the Union an Agency a service fee equivalent to the periodic Union Dues. Service Fee which fees shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administrationnot include initiation fees or special assessments. The Agency Service Fee Newly hired, transferred or rehired employees shall, as provided belowa condition of employment, join the Union or pay the service fee. The member, or the employee paying the service fee, shall be deducted each obligated to pay the appropriate assessment, dues, and/or fees the first pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from following his/her first pay check date of hire. The dues shall be payable in advance for each monthmonth when a payment is due, and if for any reason management cannot deduct the assessment, dues and/or fees immediately because of scheduling of the computer and the like, then and in that event, when the deduction is made, the Town Treasurer will on Employer shall deduct appropriate monies through the next month begin to deduct that the deduction is made. All employees shall execute an authorization for the deduction of Union dues from said Employee’s payroll checkor service fees. No authorization Employees shall be allowed for deemed to be members of the Union in good standing, within the meaning of this Article, if they are not in arrears with payment of initiation fees, dues, and/or assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be . The employee who fails to maintain himself/herself in uniform form, supplied good standing in the Union by the Union and signed non-payment of the appropriate dues, fees and/or assessments shall be terminated within thirty (30) days following receipt by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year Employer or notice from the date Union that a member of the authorization bargaining unit is signed, or until the termination in violation of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs soonerArticle. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 The Union shall keep the Town Treasurer updated as to the name of its authorized representative and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made, or when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 The Employer assumes no responsibility for the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agents. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold protect and save harmless the Employer blameless against from any and all claims, demands, suits, or suits and other forms of liability resulting form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the action taken by the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under in conformity with this Article. The deductions shall be deducted, if possible, from the first pay of the month and from the first pay period of each month thereafter. Deductions for any calendar month shall be remitted to the designated Treasurer of the Local Union with a list for whom dues or service fees have been deducted as soon as possible.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

UNION SECURITY AND CHECKOFF. 5.1 Payroll Deduction A. All Employees covered by this Agreement and who have previously joined and are members of Agency Service Fee: Pursuant to General Law Chapter 150Ethe Union on November 1, Sec. 12 it 2000, or who become members thereafter, shall be maintain their membership as a condition of continued employment that during the term of this Agreement. Employees who are or become members of the Union may withdraw from the Union during the thirty (30) day period preceding the expiration of this Agreement by giving the Union written notice of their desire to withdraw. Such notification shall be made to the Union with a copy to the University. Employees who withdraw from the Union shall pay the agency fee described below. Employees hired prior to November 1, 2000 and who are not members of the Union on or after November 1, 2000 shall not be required to join the thirtieth (30th) day of employment Union or pay an agency fee. B. All Employees who become employed by the University and covered by this Agreement on or after November 1, 2000 and who fail voluntarily to acquire and maintain membership in the bargaining unitUnion, shall be required as a condition of continued employment to pay to the Union each month, beginning no later than thirty- one (31) days after the date of their employment, or after the effective date ratification of this Agreement, whichever is later, each an Agency Fee (a service charge as a contribution toward the cost of administration of this Agreement and every member the representation of Employees). The amount of such Agency Fee shall be the equivalent to the amount uniformly required to be paid as dues and initiation fees by those Employees who choose to become members of the bargaining unit Union. C. Payment of union dues and agency fees shall pay be made via the check off procedure provided by this Agreement. The Union shall hold the Employer harmless for any action taken in connection with paragraphs A-C of this Article or the enforcement thereof. D. Upon receipt of an Employee's written authorization, the Employer shall deduct from such Employee's salary in accordance with this Agreement, such Employee's Union Dues or Agency Fees and remit same together with a list of the names of the Employees from whose salaries deductions were made. The deduction shall be made in the first paycheck of the month. The Employer agrees to transmit the dues and agency fees deducted to the Union an Agency Service Fee which shall be proportionally commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and contract administration. The Agency Service Fee shall, as provided below, be deducted each pay period and shall be equal in amount to the sum set from time to time by the Union as their regular dues. 5.2 If an Employee submits to the Town Treasurer a uniform authorization form requesting that monthly dues be deducted from his/her first pay check each month, the Town Treasurer will on the next month begin to deduct Union dues from said Employee’s payroll check. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments, or fines. 5.3 All authorizations by any Employee must be in uniform form, supplied by the Union and signed by the Employee from whose wages such Union dues will be deducted. Such authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by the Employee, and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date the authorization is signed, or until the termination of this collective bargaining Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. Revocation must be by written notice given by the Employee to the Town Treasurer, with a copy to the Union not more than twenty tenth (2010th) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of such time. If no such notice is given by the Employee, the Employee further agrees that the authorization and assignment first submitted shall be automatically renewed and be irrevocable for successive periods of one year thereafter, or until the termination day of the Agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 5.4 following month. The Union shall keep have the Town Treasurer updated as to the name exclusive right of its authorized representative dues and the address to which the Union dues collections shall be sent. Such notification must be in writing and duly signed agency fee checkoff for all employees covered by the authorized Union representative. 5.5 No dues shall be deducted from any Employee who is on authorized leave if said Employee is not on Agreement. In order for the payroll during the week in which the deduction is deductions to be made, or the authorization cards must be received by the Employer's designated representative by the fifteenth (15th) day of the month preceding the month when the dues exceed the pay check. 5.6 checkoff is to begin. The Employer assumes no responsibility is not required to make retroactive deductions if an employee is out on an unpaid leave of absence or other unpaid status or for periods prior to the consequences of any Employee’s failure to authorize dues deductions; the only responsibility receipt of the Employer will be to see that the deduction is made in accordance with the authorized uniform check off request, duly signed by the Employee and the mailing of such deducted moneys to the designated Union representative. Neither the Employer, nor any of its officers, agents or Employees shall in any way be held liable or responsible for any loss resulting from acts of said Union or its officers or agentsauthorization card. 5.7 The Employer shall not remove any Employee from employment because of failure to pay Union dues or agency service fee. 5.8 The Union agrees to and will indemnify, defend, hold and save the Employer blameless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other form of liability, including attorneys fees, instituted against the Employer or its personnel on account of payroll deductions under this Article.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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