Tuesday, March 6, 2007

DEDUCTIONS OF TRADE UNION SUBS

13. Deduction of trade union subscriptions or levies(1) Any employee who is a member of a representative trade union mayauthorise the employer in writing to deduct subscriptions or leviespayable to that trade union from the employee's wages.(2) An employer who receives an authorisation in terms of subsection (1)must begin making the authorised deduction as soon as possible and mustremit the amount deducted to the representative trade union by not laterthan the 15th day of the month first following the date each deduction wasmade.(3) An employee may revoke an authorisation given in terms of subsection(1) by giving the employer and the representative trade union one month'swritten notice or, if the employee works in the public service, threemonths' written notice.(4) An employer who receives a notice in terms of subsection (3) mustcontinue to make the authorised deduction until the notice period hasexpired and then must stop making the deduction.(5) With each monthly remittance, the employer must give therepresentative trade union-(a) a list of the names of every member from whose wages the employer hasmade the deductions that are included in the remittance;(b) details of the amounts deducted and remitted and the period to whichthe deductions relate; and(c) a copy of every notice of revocation in terms of subsection (3).

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