CopyCited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...According to PERC's final order, the Board was not charged with failing to bargain in good faith on dues deductions or with threatening its employees by promulgating the 2 October memorandum. The complaint only alleged that the Board refused to deduct dues as required by Section 447.303, Florida Statutes (Supp....
...cumstances mandate a renegotiation of the reasonable cost of dues deductions." The Board argues that PERC erred as a matter of law in ordering the Board to implement dues deductions in the absence of a collective bargaining contract, contending that Section 447.303 only requires dues to be deducted during the term of a collective bargaining agreement. This issue is now moot. In 1977 the legislature amended Section 447.303, and it is now perfectly clear that dues deductions shall commence upon written request and shall be in force as long as the organization remains the certified bargaining agent for the employees....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1998).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...hose already in place, limiting the organizations or programs for which it will administer a dues checkoff to those programs of general interest in which all county or departmental employees may participate. In addition to the Chapter 112 provision, section 447.303 , Florida Statutes, provides in part that "[a]ny employee organization which has been certified as a bargaining agent shall have the right to have its dues and uniform assessments deducted and collected by the employer from the salari...
...and shall pay such sums so deducted as directed by such employee or employees. The concurrence of the Department of Banking and Finance shall not be required for the deduction of a certified bargaining agent's membership dues deductions pursuant to s. 447.303 or any deductions authorized by a collective bargaining agreement." 2 See , City of Charlotte v....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2001).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...Shoemaker: You have asked for my opinion on substantially the following question: Do voluntary payroll deductions by public employers made to support a political action committee constitute special assessments, which a public employer is prohibited from collecting under section 447.303 , Florida Statutes? In sum: Voluntary payments to a political action committee by public employees are not special assessments which a public employer is prohibited from collecting under section 447.303 , Florida Statutes....
...e deductions from the salary or wages of any employee when such deduction meets the county's standards or restrictions for such withholding, and the deduction is in an amount authorized and requested by the employee for those purposes. You note that section 447.303 , Florida Statutes, also deals with deductions from employee wages for union activities and ask whether this statute would prohibit payroll deductions for political action committees. Section 447.303 , Florida Statutes, deals with the deduction and collection of labor organization dues on behalf of public employees: "Any employee organization which has been certified as a bargaining agent shall have the right to have its dues and...
...The situation you have described involves voluntary contributions to a political action committee. Thus, the voluntary payroll deductions about which you inquire are not assessments at all and would not constitute special assessments, which a public employer is prohibited from collecting under the provisions of section 447.303 , Florida Statutes....
...authorized and requested by the employee for those purposes. In sum, it is my opinion that voluntary payments to a political action committee by public employees are not special assessments which a public employer is prohibited from collecting under section 447.303 , Florida Statutes....
...contract administration functions of the bargaining agent and shared equally among all members of the union constitutes a uniform assessment, which the bargaining agent is entitled to have deducted from the wages of consenting employees pursuant to s. 447.303 ....
