Labor and Employment

Fair Share Statutes

The terms fair share, agency fee and agency shop define the legal right of a representing body or union to collect a fee for negotiating a contract and representing employees in grievances and arbitration. Employees required to pay a fair share fee are those employees whose employment is covered by an exclusive representative or union but are not members and do not pay membership dues to that union. The following states require agency fee for certain employees.

State	Citation	Covered Employees
California	Cal.Gov.Code §3502.5	Local public employees
	Cal.Gov.Code §3515	State employees
	Cal.Gov.Code §3515.7	State employees
	Cal.Gov.Code §3515.8	State Employees
	Cal.Gov.Code §3546	Public Employees
	Cal.Gov.Code §3583	California State University or University of California employees
	Cal.Gov.Code §3584	Higher education employees
	Cal.Gov.Code §71632.5	Trial Court Employees
Delaware	14 Del.C. §4019	Public school employees
Illinois	5 ILC§315/6	State employees
Illinois	115 ILC§5/11	Education employees
Pennsylvania	43 P.S. §1102.3	Public employees
Wisconsin	W.S.A. 111.075	General labor law
Wisconsin	W.S.A. 111.85	State employees

Source: NCSL