Agency Shop Clause Samples

Agency Shop. Pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act, Government Code Section 3502.5, employees covered by this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) shall, as a condition of continuing employment, become a member of the Union or shall pay a service fee in lieu of membership dues. Such dues or service fees are as set in accordance with the bylaws of the Union. Any employee hired, promoted, demoted or transferred into a position subject to this MOU shall be provided, by the County, with a Notice of Agency Shop Provision during their first pay period of employment advising the employee of the agency shop agreement with the Union and of the requirement that all employees subject to the MOU must either join the Union or pay a service fee in lieu of membership dues to the Union unless the employee claims a religious exemption. The County shall automatically deduct the service fee established by the Union no later than the first pay period following the date of hire, promotion, demotion, or transfer unless the employee has provided a dues deduction form electing membership in the Union, or the employee has provided verification of the religious exemption. If the employee has not properly completed the authorization form of his/her choice and returned said form to the Auditor Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office, the County shall continue to automatically deduct the service fee and thereafter until such time as the employee has provided a dues deduction form electing membership in the Union or the employee has provided verification of the religious exemption to the Auditor Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office. If a current employee is promoted, demoted or transferred into a position in another SEIU represented bargaining unit that is subject to an Agency Shop provision, the employee’s current deduction status will continue (Union dues, service fee, religious exemption fee, or non-germane objector’s fee).

Agency Shop. As a condition of continued employment, all employees included in the collective bargaining unit set forth in Section 1.0, thirty-one (31) days after the start of their employment with the Employer or the effective date of the Agreement, whichever is later, shall either become members of the Union and pay to the Union the dues and initiation fees uniformly required of all Union members, or the employee shall sign a service fee check-off authorization form and pay to the Union a service fee equivalent to the periodic dues uniformly required of the Union members if the employee so desires not to become a member of the Union.

Agency Shop. It is mutually agreed by the parties that this Unit is an agency shop Unit. It is the intent of the parties that the agency shop provisions in the Memorandum of Understanding comply with applicable state law (Government Code Section 3502.5).

Agency Shop. 17.1 The Agency Shop provisions shall be applied for the term of this agreement as follows: 17.2 Subject to Article III Section 4, payroll deductions, of the City's Employer-Employee Relations Resolution, upon the voluntary written authorization of bargaining unit employees, the City shall deduct and remit to the Association, the Association's initiation fee and periodic dues for members of the Association. 17.3 Any unit member who is not a member of the Association or who does not make application for membership within thirty (30) days following the effective date of this paragraph, or, for those hired after the effective date of this paragraph, within thirty (30) days from the date of commencement of duties, shall become a member of the Association or pay to the Association a fee in an amount equal to the Association's periodic dues; provided, however, that the unit member may authorize payroll deduction for such fee in the said manner as provided in paragraph 17.2 17.4 Dues withheld by the City shall be transmitted to the Association Officer designated in writing by the Association as the person authorized to receive such funds, at the address specified. 17.5 The parties agree that the obligations herein are a condition of continued employment for unit members. The parties further agree that the failure of any unit member to remain a member In good standing of the Association or to pay the equivalent of Association dues during the term of this agreement shall constitute, generally, just and reasonable cause for termination. 17.6 The City shall not be obligated to put into effect any new, changed or discontinued deduction until the pay period commencing fifteen (15) work days or more after such submission. 17.7 No unit member shall be required to join the Association or to make an agency fee payment if the unit member is an actual verified member of a bonafide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting employee organizations; this exemption shall not be granted unless and until such unit member has verified the specific circumstances. Such employee must, instead, arrange with the Association to satisfy his/her obligation by donating the equivalent amount to one of the non-labor, non-religion charitable funds, tax exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, listed below: 17.7.1 Riverside Police Officers Memorial Fund 17.7.2 Heart Association

Agency Shop. An employee who does not become a member of the Union by signing a membership card and an authorization card for dues deduction within thirty calendar days of initial employment, or an employee who does not remain a member of the Union in good standing, shall be required to pay a service fee (agency shop fee) in an amount equivalent to the membership dues levied by the Union. The Town will deduct the service fee from the pay of such employee at the close of each pay period and remit said sums to the Union on a monthly basis.

Agency Shop. For the term of this Agreement, all current and future employees of the City as described in paragraph 17 above except as set forth below, shall, as a condition of continued employment, become and remain a member of the Union or, in lieu thereof, shall pay a service fee to the Union. Such service fee payment shall not exceed the standard initiation fee, periodic dues and general assessments (hereinafter collectively termed membership fees) of the Union representing the employee's classification. The service fee payment shall be established annually by the Union, provided that such agency shop service fee will be used by the union only for the purposes of collective bargaining, contract administration and pursuing matters affecting wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

Agency Shop. Each employee who is a member of the Union or who is obligated to tender to the Union amounts equal to periodic dues on the effective date of this Agreement, or who later becomes a member, and all employees entering into the bargaining unit on or after the effective date of this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, pay or tender to the Union amounts equal to the periodic dues applicable to members, for the period from such effective date, or, in the case of employees entering into the bargaining unit after the effective date, on or after the thirtieth (30th) day of such entrance, whichever of these dates is later, until the termination of this Agreement.

Agency Shop. The parties hereto recognize that membership in the Union is not compulsory, that employees in the Unit have the right to join, not join; maintain, or drop their membership in the Union and that neither party shall exert any pressure on or discriminate against an employee regarding such matters. The Union agrees it is obligated to represent all of the employees in the Unit fairly and equally, without regard to whether or not an employee is a member of the Union. Any employee of AMP in the Unit shall, as a condition of continued employment, either be required to belong to the Union or to pay to the Union an amount (agency fees) equal to that which would be paid by an employee who decides to become a member of the Union at the time of employment. For new employees, the payment shall commence thirty-one (31) days following date of employment. The payment of dues, or agency fees, shall be deducted only for Union dues, or agency fees, upon written authorization from the employee to AMP and is subject to religious or other exceptions as provided by State law. Any disputes arising out of the application of said State law is solely between the Union and the employee involved in the dispute, and shall not involve AMP, in any way, in resolving the dispute. Deductions for payment to the Union shall be made only provided that the employee’s earnings are regularly sufficient after other legal and required deductions are made to cover the amount of dues or agency fees authorized. When an employee is in a non-pay status for an entire pay period, no withholding will be made to cover the pay period from future earnings. In the case of an employee who is in a non-pay status during only part of the pay period, and the salary is not sufficient to cover the full withholding, no deduction shall be made. In this connection, all other legal and required deductions have priority over Union dues. The Union shall notify AMP in writing as to the amount of such dues or agency fees uniformly required of all members in the Union. Monies withheld by AMP shall be transmitted to the Officer designated in writing by the President of the Union as the person authorized to receive such funds, at the address specified. The union shall indemnify, defend, and hold AMP harmless against any claims made, and against any suit instituted against AMP on account of deduction of employee organization dues or agency fees. In addition, the Union shall refund to AMP any amount paid to it in error upon prese...

Agency Shop. Except as provided otherwise in this Section, employees in representation units referred to in Section 1. hereof, shall, as a condition of continuing employment, become and remain members of the Union or shall pay to the Union a service fee in lieu thereof. Such service fee shall be ninety-eight (98) percent of Union dues and initiation fees (hereinafter collectively termed “service fee”) of the Union representing the employee’s classification and representation unit. Initiation fees shall not exceed a total of Fifty Dollars.