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How will employees pay the agency fee?
How much money will be deducted from my paycheck?
What is the amount of the agency fee?
How will supervisors and employees know how much the fee will be?
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 the PERB regulations, Unions must provide to employees an annual notice of the fee to be charged. This notice will be sent to your home address of record. The University provides the home addresses of bargaining unit members through a third party mailing house. This method protects employees who have specifically requested the University not to release of their home address to an exclusive representative. The University also provides the union with an employee’s campus / department address. [Agency Fee Structure Chart]
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.
