Acts and Regulations

I-4 - Industrial Relations Act

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Union dues
9(1)Every employer shall honour a written authorization for the deduction of wages for union dues to a trade union certified under this Act or recognized by the employer in a recognition agreement.
9(2)An authorization pursuant to subsection (1) shall be substantially in the following form:
To (name of Employer)
I hereby authorize you to deduct from my wages and pay to (name of trade union) my regular dues . . . . . . . . (in the amount of $. . . . . . . . or in the per cent of . . . . . . . . per cent or as assessed) per . . . . . . . .
9(3)Unless an authorization under subsection (1) is revoked in writing pursuant to subsection (4), the employer shall remit the dues deducted to the trade union named in the authorization at least once each month together with a written statement of the names of the employees for whom the deductions were made and the amount of each deduction.
9(4)An authorization under subsection (1) shall continue in effect for a minimum period of three consecutive months and thereafter the employee may revoke the authorization by delivering or sending to the employer a revocation in writing
(a) at any time when there is no collective agreement in operation, or
(b) when there is a collective agreement in operation, within the period of two months prior to the expiry date of the collective agreement.
9(5)When an authorization is revoked pursuant to subsection (4), the employer shall give notice thereof to the trade union.
9(6)Notwithstanding anything in this section, there shall be no financial responsibility on the part of an employer for the dues of an employee unless there are sufficient unpaid wages of that employee in the employer’s hands.
1971, c.9, s.10