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B-196978 1 (1980-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadimc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: STHE LIJIV1I.DI4LLER. GENERA( DECISI1N OF THE UNITE D STATES WASHINGTON, O. C. 20548 B-196978 DATE: August 14, 1980 MATTER OF: DIGEST: Margaret Jackson -I? ithdrawal of Allotment of Union DuesJ The Department of the Army received from an employee a signed authoriza- tion to have union dues allotted directly to a union. The employee then requested that the authorization be returned to her before any dues had been allotted to the union and the agency agreed. The union filed a griev- ance and the agency settled the griev- ance in favor of the union and the dues were allotted to the union. Under the CSRA, 5 U.S.C. 7115(a), an agency must honor a written authorization for allot- ment of union dues when it is received and the employee may not have the union dues returned to her. This is in response to a request for an advance deci- sion by Lieutenant Colonel A. T. Holder, Chief, Finance and Accounting Division, Department of the Army, concerning the request of Mrs. Margaret Jackson to have her dues allotment cancelled. On May 24, 1979, Margaret Jackson signed a Reouest and Authorization for Voluntary Allotment of Compensation for Payment of Employee Organization Dues (Standard Form 1187). This form was signed by a Ms. Kilgore of the American Fed- eration of Government Employees (AFGE) on May 25, 1979, and was sent to payroll for processing where it was received on May 30, 1979. The form provided that the allotment would become effective the first full pay period following its receipt in payroll and in this case the allotment would have been effective on June 10, 1979. On May 31, 1979, Mrs. Jackson changed her mind and decided to withdraw from the Union and requested that her allotment not be processed and that the form be returned to her. Initially, payroll complied with these requests. The Union then filed a grievance and on July 31, 1979, the Union and agency agreed that upon receipt of Standard Form 1187, the Civil Service Reform Act mandated that the agency honor I i '-1 FILE:

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