§4118 Administrative Provisions

Summary

The Department must honor any worker’s written request to have regular union dues taken from their paycheck. The request must cost nothing to the worker or the union. Once given, the request cannot be canceled for one year unless the union stops being the exclusive representative, the worker stops getting a salary from the Department as a Service member, or the worker is suspended or kicked out of the union. When no union is certified as the exclusive representative, the Department must talk with a union that filed a petition under section 4111(b)(1)(A) claiming 10 percent membership if the Board says the petition is valid. Those talks can only be about taking dues from members who choose to have them deducted. Any deal ends once an exclusive representative is certified. Employees who represent the union in bargaining get paid work time for that work, including impasse hearings, up to the same number of people the Department uses for bargaining. Internal union work (sign‑ups, elections, dues) must be done off duty. The Board decides on paid time for Board cases, and the Department and union can agree on other paid time if it is reasonable, needed, and in the public interest.