PRIA Logo™
Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§7115 Allotments to Representatives

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart F— Labor-Management and Employee Relations › Chapter 71— LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS › Subchapter II— RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF AGENCIES AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › § 7115

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies must honor an employee’s written request to have the unit’s union (the exclusive representative) dues taken from the employee’s pay. The deduction must cost neither the union nor the employee. The employee usually cannot stop the deduction for 1 year, unless the agency’s agreement with the union no longer covers the employee or the employee is suspended or expelled from union membership. If a labor group files a petition saying 10 percent of the unit are members, the Authority will check it. If certified, the agency must only negotiate about deducting dues for members who voluntarily ask for it. This does not apply if the unit already has an exclusive representative, and any such agreement ends when an exclusive representative is certified.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §7115

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)If an agency has received from an employee in an appropriate unit a written assignment which authorizes the agency to deduct from the pay of the employee amounts for the payment of regular and periodic dues of the exclusive representative of the unit, the agency shall honor the assignment and make an appropriate allotment pursuant to the assignment. Any such allotment shall be made at no cost to the exclusive representative or the employee. Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, any such assignment may not be revoked for a period of 1 year.
(b)An allotment under subsection (a) of this section for the deduction of dues with respect to any employee shall terminate when—
(1)the agreement between the agency and the exclusive representative involved ceases to be applicable to the employee; or
(2)the employee is suspended or expelled from membership in the exclusive representative.
(c)(1)Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a petition has been filed with the Authority by a labor organization alleging that 10 percent of the employees in an appropriate unit in an agency have membership in the labor organization, the Authority shall investigate the petition to determine its validity. Upon certification by the Authority of the validity of the petition, the agency shall have a duty to negotiate with the labor organization solely concerning the deduction of dues of the labor organization from the pay of the members of the labor organization who are employees in the unit and who make a voluntary allotment for such purpose.
(2)(A)The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply in the case of any appropriate unit for which there is an exclusive representative.
(B)Any agreement under paragraph (1) of this subsection between a labor organization and an agency with respect to an appropriate unit shall be null and void upon the certification of an exclusive representative of the unit.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

5 U.S.C. § 7115

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60