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69T: Bargaining fee clause binding on employer and employee
or “The employer must take money from the worker's pay and give it to the union if there's a special agreement.”
You could also call this:

“The fee for bargaining help can't be more than what union members pay.”

The law says that if you’re not a union member but still benefit from their work, you might have to pay a bargaining fee. This fee can’t be more than what you’d pay if you were a union member. If someone tries to charge you more than this, that part of the fee won’t count.

If you want to know more about bargaining fees, you can check out other parts of the Employment Relations Act 2000.

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or “The bargaining fee rule stops working when the work agreement it's part of ends.”
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Part 6B Bargaining fees

69UAmount of bargaining fee

  1. A bargaining fee must not be greater than the union fee that an employee would be required to pay to the union if the employee were a member of the union.

  2. A bargaining fee has no effect to the extent (if any) that the bargaining fee does not comply with subsection (1).

Notes
  • Section 69U: inserted, on , by section 30 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).