Section 55, The Employment Act, 2023

(1) Subject to subsection (2), upon the request of a tradeunion to whom a collective bargaining certificate has been issued, an employer shall- (a) make deductions from the wages of a worker eligible to be a member of the union for the purpose of paying dues to the trade union; (b) pay any sum so deducted to the trade union. (2) A worker who does not consent to be a trade union member may contract out of the arrangement for deduction from his wages for the purpose of paying dues to the trade union system in writing. (3) An employer who refuses to make deduction from the wages for the purpose of paying dues to a trade union in accordance with subsection (1) is liable to pay to the trade union as penalty, a sum equal to 5 percent of the total amount of the deduction for each month during which the sums are not paid to the trade union, in addition to the union dues.