Legal Services Plan

[Guest JD698]

A union would like to offer its members a legal services plan (LSP). The plan is to be funded from employee contributions only (through dues check off) and the employers will not have any involvement other than turning over the dues money which it does anyway.

1. If the amount of dues being collected by the employer through check off and turned over to the union is to increase due to the LSP, are there any legal issues which would prevent the union from moving forward with this plan?

2. Does there need to be a participation agreement of some sort between the union, employee and employer regarding this?

Please advise.