34-32-1 - Assignments to labor unions -- Effect. - Utah Statutes

34-32-1. Assignments to labor unions -- Effect.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Employee" means a person employed by any person, partnership, public, private, ormunicipal corporation, school district, the state, or any political subdivision of the state.
(b) "Employer" means the person or entity employing an employee.
(c) (i) "Labor organization" means a lawful organization of any kind that is composed, inwhole or in part, of employees, and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealingwith employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment,or other terms and conditions of employment.
(ii) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(iii), "labor organization" includes eachemployee association and union for employees of public and private sector employers.
(iii) "Labor organization" does not include organizations governed by the National LaborRelations Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq. or the Railroad Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq.
(d) "Union dues" means dues, fees, money, or other assessments required as a conditionof membership or participation in a labor organization.
(2) (a) An employee may direct, in writing, that an employer deduct from the employee'swages a specified sum for union dues, not to exceed 3% per month, to be paid to a labororganization designated by the employee.
(b) An employer shall cease making deductions for union dues from the wages of anemployee for the benefit of a labor organization when the employer receives a writtencommunication from the employee directing that the deductions cease.

Amended by Chapter 220, 2004 General Session