{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-5-280","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-280","heading":"Payment of dues to exclusive representative required.","body":"(a) If an exclusive representative has been designated for the employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit, each employee in such unit who is not a member of the exclusive representative shall be required, as a condition of continued employment, to pay to such organization for the period that it is the exclusive representative, an amount equal to the regular dues, fees and assessments that a member is charged.\n(b) Employers and employee organizations are authorized to negotiate provisions in a collective bargaining agreement calling for the payroll deduction of employee organization dues and initiation fees and for payroll deduction of the service fee described in subsection (a) of this section.","path":["TITLE 5. STATE EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 68*. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR STATE EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_068.htm#sec_5-280","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:55Z","sha256":"21adf08108a0d453fb6687f4d1732b423ba813a9823169d507952412d403a014","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-5-279","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-6-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}