CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA PACKET

4938-6770-8028 v1 -6 - The City shall deduct from each bargaining unit employee’s paycheck the total amount of dues certified by the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 per month or per pay period as applicable. The Employer shall immediately remit the total amount deducted, together with a list identifying each employee from whom a deduction was made and their mailing address, to the officer designated in writing by the President of the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 as the person authorized to receive such funds. The President of the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 shall notify the City’s Human Resources Department in writing as to the amount of such dues uniformly required of all members of the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955. A. The Union shall regularly provide the City in a manner that has been mutually agreed upon, with the names of employees who have voluntarily consented to or authorized dues deductions be initiated, changed, or discontinued pursuant to this section. The Union will timely submit a spreadsheet in an agreed upon format to Human Resources via email. Requests for dues deductions received by the close of business at least five (5) business days prior to the end of the pay period will be implemented in the following pay period. The Union certifies that it will only send requests to initiate dues deductions for employees who have voluntarily consented to or authorized the deductions. B. Requests to authorize dues/other deduction(s), or requests to change status regarding such deductions, shall be directed to the Union rather than the City. The City shall rely on the Union’s explanations in a certified list, submitted by a representative of the Union who has authority to bind the Union, regarding whether an authorization change in deduction(s) has been requested by the employee. The Union is responsible for providing the City with timely information regarding changes to employees’ dues and any other lawful Union-related payroll deduction. C. The Union is only required to provide the City a copy of the employee’s authorization where a dispute arises about the existence or terms of the authorization. D. P.E.O.P.L.E. Employees in classifications represented by the PCEA/AFSCME Local 955 Bargaining Unit may make a voluntary, monetary monthly contribution to P.E.O.P.L.E., said contributions to be deducted from employees' pay by the City and remitted to AFSCME, P.E.O.P.L.E. (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality). The Employer will implement any change to a bargaining unit employee’s payroll deductions during the first full pay period following notification of such change by the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955. C. The employee's earnings must be regularly sufficient after other legal and required deductions are made to cover the amount of the dues check-off authorized. When an employee is in a non-pay status for an entire pay period, no withholding will be made to Page 73 of 200