Section 4-401 - Payment of union dues or employee benefits. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-401. Payment of union dues or employee benefits.
 

(a)  Union dues.- Each employer who, under a collective bargaining agreement, deducts dues from an employee's pay for payment to a union shall make the payment within 30 days after it is required. 

(b)  Benefits.- Each employer or union official who, under a collective bargaining or other agreement with an employee, agrees to make a payment into a health or welfare fund, a pension fund, a vacation plan, or any other similar fund or plan for employees shall make the payment within 30 days after it is required. 

(c)  Penalty.-  

(1) An employer or union official who knowingly fails to make a payment under subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both. 

(2) If the employer is a corporation, each corporate officer who exercises executive functions is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 138A; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.]