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title: O.C.G.A. § 34-6-25. Deductions from employees’ earnings of fees of labor organizations; exceptions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 34-6-25. Deductions from employees’ earnings of fees of labor organizations; exceptions.

(a) No employer shall deduct from the wages or other earnings of any employee any fee, assessment, or other sum of money whatsoever to be held for or to be paid over to a labor organization except on the written authorization of the employee. Such authorization may be revoked at any time at the request of the employee.

(b) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to impair any contract, agreement, or collective bargaining agreement in existence prior to July 1, 2013.

(c) This Code section shall not apply to any collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, as amended, or to any professional association whose membership is exclusively composed of educators, law enforcement officers, or firefighters not engaged or engaging in contracting or collective bargaining.

## History

Ga. L. 1947, p. 616, § 6; Ga. L. 2013, p. 623, § 4/HB 361.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2013, ‘‘to July 1, 2013’’ was substituted for ‘‘to the effective date of this Code section’’ at the end of subsection (b).

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2013, p. 623, § 6/HB 361, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 191 (2013).