Common use of General Salary Provisions Clause in Contracts

General Salary Provisions. 1. Each unit member shall be assigned to an appropriate salary schedule described in this Article. Administration of the respective salary schedules shall apply uniformly to all affected unit members as set forth in this Article. 2. Unit members serving less than the required number of working days shall receive an annual salary which bears the same ratio to the established annual salary as the number of required working days served bears to the number of days required for the school year. 3. Mandatory deductions from gross earnings are those required by law and include such items as federal and state income tax and State Teachers Retirement System or any deductions contained in this Agreement. 4. Optional deductions are those deductions the unit member may elect to have taken from gross earnings. Such deductions are made for items and services provided for by law, made available by the Association and approved by the Superintendent. Optional deductions must be initiated in writing by the unit member and will continue to remain in effect until the Office receives in writing from each unit member a notice withholding the authorization for such deduction.