Agmt19 MOU Service Employes International Union Local 521

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ARTICLE 4 • UNION REPRESENTATION, MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION 4.1 Duty of Fair Representation The Union, as the exclusive representative, has the duty to provide fair and non-discriminatory representation to all employees covered by this Memorandum of Understanding, regardless of whether they are members of the Union. 4.2 Membership Dues Deductions The City shall deduct Union membership dues and any other mutually agreed upon payroll deductions, including voluntary "COPE" deductions, from Union members' paychecks. The deduction shall be made only after the Union certifies to the City a list of employees who have authorized such deductions. Where the City receives employee requests to cancel or change deductions, the City will direct employees to the Union. The City shall remit the deducted dues to the Union on a bi-weekly basis. All membership dues transmittal checks to the Union will be accompanied by documentation, which includes the employee's name, gross pay, job title, department, hire date, and dues deduction amount. Deductions for Union dues shall remain unchanged following promotion within the bargaining unit, and changes to job title, job classification, department, or represented employment status, absent action by the employee or Union to change such deductions in accordance with this MOU. The first pay period following reinstatement, return from unpaid leave of absence, or recall from layoff, an employee's deductions for Union dues shall continue in the same status held prior to the employee's leave or separation, absent action by the employee or Union to change such deductions in accordance with this MOU. 4.3 Exceptions Part-time, non-exempt Union members in the bargaining unit shall pay pro -rated union dues on the basis of said employee's annual salary as compared with the same annual salary for a comparable full-time employee. If, after all other involuntary and insurance premium deductions are made in any pay period, the balance is not sufficient to pay the deduction of union dues, no such deduction shall be made for the current pay period. 4.4 Inactivity and Reinstatement The provisions of Article 4.2 shall not apply during periods that an employee is separated from the bargaining unit, but shall be reinstated upon the return of the employee to the bargaining unit. For the purpose of this Section, the term "separation" includes transfer out of the bargaining unit, layoff, termination and leave of absence without pay. 4.5 Documentation All membership dues transmittal checks to the Union will be accompanied by documentation, which includes the employee's name, gross pay, job title, department, hire date, and dues deduction amount.