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How the Agency Fee is Processed
Q. How will employees pay the agency fee?
A. The agency fee will be collected through payroll deduction.
Q. How much money will be deducted from my paycheck?
A. The law mandates that the agency fee amount cannot be more than the union's membership dues. Each union will determine the amount of the agency fee for their members.
Q. What is the amount of the agency fee?
A. The exclusive representative (union) of your bargaining unit has this information. [Note the Agency Fee Structure Chart or Union Contact Listing.]
Q. How will supervisors and employees know how much the fee will be?
A. According to proposed regulations by the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB), the state agency charged with administering the agency fee law, Unions must give employees notice of the fee to be charged. The University has provided the home addresses of bargaining unit members through a third party mailing house. This method will protect employees who have specifically blocked release of their home address to an exclusive representative. The University may also provide the union with an employeeâs campus or check address. Unions will then be able to notify employees regarding agency fee amounts. [Agency Fee Structure Chart]
Q. What if an employee has more deductions than actual wages in a given month (as a result of a medical plan, legal plan, garnishments and other deductions), what will happen to agency fee payments?
A. Pre-tax items and taxes will come first. Absent agreement with the exclusive representative, the University will make a decision on the priority of deductions.
Q. What if an employee has insufficient earnings to cover the agency fee in a given month because of other deduction commitments with higher priority, will the deduction be taken from future checks?
A. No, if there is not enough money then no deduction will be taken. This will be same as deductions for union dues.
Q. If the union elects a flat dollar fee structure and the employee is on a leave of absence without pay or non-pay disability leave during a pay period, will the University be required to make the deduction from a future check?
A. No, the University will not take deductions retroactively.