Hardship Dues Application

Article I - Non-Collective Bargaining Members The Hardship Dues Program shall apply to any actively employed non-collective bargaining member who performs no service in a calendar month due to sickness or disability and receives pay less than forty (40) hours in any calendar month from their employer. Members who qualify for the Hardship Dues Program shall be required to five dollars ($5.00) per month to remain a member in good standing. Members may apply for up to 5 months of hardship dues reduction per calendar year. In order to qualify for the Hardship Dues Program a member must follow the following steps: 1). On a monthly basis, submit in writing (email or letter) the desire to participate in the Hardship Dues Program to the ONA membership department at: hardship@ohnurses.org or 3510 Snouffer Road, Columbus, Ohio 43235 (Note: Emailed requests will be processed more efficiently). 2). On a monthly basis, submit documentation that supports the need for consideration for the Hardship Dues Program. Documentation can be copies of letter from employer to verify employment status, claims submitted to the Bureau of Workers Compensation, copies of approved medical leave of absence forms from the employer, or other document that substantiates the members hardship claim under the policy. This documentation can be mailed to Ohio Nurses Association at 3510 Snouffer Road, Columbus, Ohio 43235 or emailed to hardship@ohnurses.org. (Note: Electronic documentation will be processed more efficiently.)

Article II - Collective Bargaining Members The Hardship Dues Program shall apply to a member who performs no service in a calendar month due to reduction in force, furlough, sickness, disability, discharge without just cause and receives pay less than forty (40) hours in any calendar month from any employer where the ONA is the exclusive representative. Members who qualify for the Hardship Dues Program shall be required to five dollars ($5.00) per month to remain a member in good standing. In order to qualify for the Hardship Dues Program a member must follow the following steps: 1). On a monthly basis, submit in writing (email or letter) the desire to participate in the Hardship Dues Program to the ONA membership department at: hardship@ohnurses.org or 3510 Snouffer Road, Columbus, OH, 4325. (Note: Emailed requests will be processed more efficiently.) 2). On a monthly basis, submit documentation that supports the need for consideration for the Hardship Dues Program. Documentation can be copies of your pay stubs, letter from employer verify employment status, copies of unemployment claims submitted to the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment, claims submitted to the Bureau of Workers Compensation. This documentation can be mailed to Ohio Nurses Association at 3510 Snouffer Road, Columbus, OH, 43235 or emailed to hardship@ohnurses.org. (Note: Electronically submitted documentation will be processed more efficiently.) In cases of termination without just cause, verification from assigned Labor Representative.

Documentation may include: -Letter from employer verifying employment status -Copies of claims submitted to BWC -Copies of approved medical leave of absence forms -Or other documentation that substantiates the hardship claim under the policy.

Documentation may include: -Copies of pay stubs -Letter from employer verifying employment status -Copies of unemployment claims submitted to the BWC -In cases of termination without just cause, verification from Labor Representative