Moved by
Lord Bridges of Headley
8: Clause 14, page 10, leave out lines 16 and 17 and insert—
“(1) A relevant public sector employer may make deductions from its workers’ wages in respect of trade union subscriptions only if—
(a) those workers have the option to pay their trade union subscriptions by other means, and
(b) arrangements have been made for the union to make reasonable payments to the employer in respect of the making of the deductions.
(1A) Payments are “reasonable” for the purposes of subsection (1) if the employer is satisfied that the total amount of the payments is substantially equivalent to the total cost to public funds of making the deductions.”