Common use of Working Assessment Clause in Contracts

Working Assessment. It is hereby agreed that to implement a check-off of Local 219 working assessment, every Contractor employing journeyman, apprentice, pre-apprentice and industrial sheet metal workers , shall deduct from said employee two and one-half percent (2.5%) of his/her gross wages as well as a cents-per-hour deduction, as established by this Collective Bargaining Agreement, for each hour and part of an hour worked from his/her gross wages and remit these funds monthly according to the payment procedures outlined in Adden- dum 12. At the option of Local 219, this deduction may be adjusted. Local 219 hereby agrees to hold harmless the signatory Contractors and Employers as a result of any claim that the de- ductions are inappropriately or illegally made. Authorization forms are to be supplied by Local 219 and a copy of the completed forms submitted to the SMACNA office upon request.