§ 28-14-10 - Wage deductions unaffected.
SECTION 28-14-10
§ 28-14-10 Wage deductions unaffected.– (a) None of the sections of this chapter shall be applicable to, control, orprohibit the deduction from wages of an employee by an employer in accordancewith the terms of a collective bargaining agent of a majority of the employeesin a bargaining unit of employees in which the employee is employed; provided,that the amount deducted from the wages of the employee is to be: (1) used forthe purpose of defraying the costs of legal services, counsel fees, orcontribution to a prepaid legal services plan for those employees, theirfamilies, and their dependents, or (2) paid to pension, welfare, vacation, orannuity plans or an insurance plan for accident, health, disability, or lifecoverage or similar plans, complete provisions for which are contained in acollective bargaining agreement or a supplemental agreement as provided in thembetween the employer and the authorized bargaining agent of the employees andthose plans are for the benefit of employees, their dependents, andbeneficiaries in the bargaining unit, including full-time employees of thelabor organization, provided it shall make the same payment for its employeesto that plan or plans.
(b) None of the sections of this chapter shall be applicableto, control, or prohibit the deduction from wages of an employee by an employerin accordance with a written request made by the individual employee of:
(1) Trade union or craft dues or other obligations imposed bya collective bargaining contract;
(2) Subscriptions to a nonprofit hospital service corporationor nonprofit medical and/or surgical service corporation;
(3) Contributions to or for the use of a religious,charitable, scientific, literary, or educational corporation, trust, communitychest fund, or foundation;
(4) Payments for the purpose of purchasing obligations of theUnited States or stock of a corporation pursuant to an employee stock purchaseplan;
(5) Contributions to a pension plan in which the employee isa participant not required by a collective bargaining agreement entered intobetween the authorized collective bargaining representative of an employee andhis or her employer;
(6) Contributions to or for insurance or under an insuranceplan for accident, health, or life coverage not required by a collectivebargaining agreement entered into between the authorized collective bargainingrepresentative of an employee and his or her employer;
(7) Amounts to be credited to a share, deposit, or loanaccount in any credit union;
(8) Contributions, subscriptions, or payments of a similarnature not connected with past or present indebtedness; or
(9) Payments for participation in a vanpool transportationsystem where employee participation in the program is not a condition ofemployment.