Check-Off in United Kingdom

Definition of Check-Off

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Check-Off :

A system whereby a company deducts union membership fees from a member’s wages during the calculation of those wages and pays them over to the unio Such deductions are regulated by the Deregulations (Deduction from Pay of Union Subscriptions) Order 1998. These require that an employer must obtain the workers’ written authorization before making deductions; the authorization remains valid unless and until withdraw