New Jersey § 52:14-15

§ 52:14-15.

Whenever any person holding employment, whose compensation is paid by this State or

by any county, municipality, board of education or authority in this State, or by

any board, body, agency or commission thereof shall indicate in writing, including

by electronic communications, and which writing or communication may be evidenced

by the electronic signature of the employee, as the term electronic signature is defined

in section 2 of P.L.2001, c. 116 ( C.12A:12-2 ), to the proper disbursing officer his desire to have any deductions made from his

compensation, for the purpose of paying the employee's dues to a bona fide employee

organization, designated by the employee in such request, and of which said employee

is a member, such disbursing officer shall make such deduction from the compensation

of such person and such disbursing officer shall transmit the sum so deducted to the

employee organization designated by the employee in such request. Employees who have authorized the payroll deduction of fees to employee organizations

prior to the effective date of the “Workplace Democracy Enhancement Act”, P.L. 2018, c. 15 ( C.34:13A-5.11 et seq. ), may revoke such authorization in accordance with the law in effect at the time

of their initial authorization of payroll deduction of fees or with the terms of that

authorization as those terms are set forth on the record bearing the employee's signature,

provided the terms were consistent with the law in effect at the time. Employees who have authorized the payroll deduction of fees to employee organizations on or after the effective date of the “Workplace Democracy Enhancement Act”, P.L,

2018, c. 15 ( C.34:13A-5.11 et seq. ), may revoke such authorization by providing written notice to their public employer . An employee's notice of revocation of authorization for the payroll deduction of employee

organization fees shall be effective on the 30th day after the anniversary date of

employment. Within five days of receipt of notice from an employee of revocation of authorization

for the payroll deduction of fees, the public employer shall provide notice to the

employee organization of an employee's revocation of such authorization. Nothing herein shall preclude a public employer and a duly certified majority representative

from entering into a collectively negotiated written agreement which provides that

employees included in the negotiating unit may only request deduction for the payment

of dues to the duly certified majority representative. Such collectively negotiated agreement may include a provision that existing written

authorizations for payment of dues to an employee organization other than the duly

certified majority representative be terminated. Such collectively negotiated agreement may also include a provision specifying the

effective date of a termination in deductions as of the July 1 next succeeding the

date on which notice of withdrawal is filed by an employee with the public employer's

disbursing officer. This authorization for negotiation of exclusive dues deduction provisions shall not

apply to any negotiating unit which includes employees of any local school district

or county college. As used in this section, dues shall mean all moneys required to be paid by the employee

as a condition of membership in an employee organization and any voluntary employee

contribution to a committee or fund established by such organization, including, but

not limited to, welfare funds, political action committees, charity funds, legal defense

funds, educational funds, and funds for donations to schools, colleges, and universities.