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4 <br />If a bargaining unit employees desires to revoke, cancel or change their prior dues <br />deduction authorization, the Employer shall direct the employee to the Union. Any such <br />dues deduction revocation, cancellation and/or change shall be effective only when <br />submitted by the Union to the Employer and is subject to the terms and conditions set forth <br />in the original payroll deduction/authorization. <br />C. The employee's earnings must be regularly sufficient after other legal and required <br />deductions are made to cover the amount of the dues check-off authorized. When an <br />employee is in a non-pay status for an entire pay period, no withholding will be made to <br />cover that pay period from future earnings. In the case of an employee who is in a non-pay <br />status during only part of the pay period, and the salary is not sufficient to cover the full <br />withholding, no deduction shall be made. Thus, all other legal and required deductions <br />have priority over union dues. In addition, in order to meet certain accounting deadlines, <br />all payroll changes connected with the deduction of union dues must be made by the <br />fifteenth (15) of the preceding month. <br />D. The Union shall indemnify, defend, and hold the City harmless against any and all claims, <br />demands, suits, proceedings or court orders, or any other liability that may arise out of or <br />by reason of action taken or not taken by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department for <br />the purpose of complying with any of the provisions of this check-off agreement. In <br />addition, the Union shall refund to the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department any amounts <br />paid to it in error upon presentation of supporting evidence. However, the Union shall not <br />be required to make reimbursements should discovery of the error occur twenty-four (24) <br />months after the occurrence of the error. <br />2.2 Communication with Employees <br />A. New Employee Orientation Meetings <br />This provision applies to all new employees hired into the Battalion Chief’s Unit and is <br />intended to comply with the provisions of AB119. <br />1. The City will provide the Union with not less than ten (10) calendar days’ advance <br />written notice of the time, date and location of all new employee orientation meetings, <br />unless an urgent and unforeseeable need for a new employee orientation meeting <br />precludes the City from providing the Union with ten (10) calendar days’ advance <br />notice. Notice will be made by way of email to the Union President and Vice President. <br />2. The Union will be given up to thirty (30) minutes as part of the new employee <br />orientation meetings to present Union membership information to new employees of <br />the Fire Employees Unit. <br />3. The Union representatives who will present information at the new employee <br />orientation meetings may do so while on duty and in uniform, provided the Union <br />notifies the Fire Chief of the names of the employees who will be presenting <br />information on behalf of the Union at the new employee orientation meeting with at <br />least five (5) days advance notice and the Fire Chief has agreed that the employees’ <br />participation will not create an unreasonable burden on operations. <br />4. The above provisions shall in no way impact or delay the hire of any employee. <br />B. Information Requirements