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title: O.C.G.A. § 34-6-26. Contracts allowing deductions from employees’ earnings of fees of labor organizations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 34-6-26. Contracts allowing deductions from employees’ earnings of fees of labor organizations.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any employer to contract with any labor organization and for any labor organization to contract with any employer for the deduction of any fee, assessment, or other sum of money whatsoever from the wages or other earnings of an employee to be held for or to be paid over to a labor organization except upon the condition to be embodied in such contract that such deduction will be made only 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.

## History

Ga. L. 1947, p. 616, § 7; Ga. L. 2013, p. 623, § 5/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).