Equal Pay Act 1972

Pay equity claims - Affected employees automatically covered by union claims

13X: Union may not require fees from non-members

You could also call this:

"Unions can't make non-members pay fees for help with a claim"

If you are not a member of a union, but the union is making a claim that affects you, the union cannot make you pay a fee to be covered by their claim. You will still get the benefits of the claim if it is successful. The union can ask you for a voluntary donation to help pay for the costs of making the claim, but you do not have to give them any money if you do not want to.

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Part 4Pay equity claims
Affected employees automatically covered by union claims

13XUnion may not require fees from non-members

  1. A union may not require an employee who is not a member of the union, but who is covered by a union-raised claim, to pay a fee to the union to be covered by the union-raised claim or to have the benefit of the settlement of the claim offered to them.

  2. Subsection (1) does not prevent a union from requesting a voluntary contribution towards the costs of bargaining a pay equity claim from an employee who is not a member of the union and who is covered by the union-raised claim.

Notes
  • Section 13X: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).