Current Legislation Recently Implemented or Due Imminently New Check Off Arrangements to Take Effect 10 March 2018 The draft Trade Union (deduction of union subscriptions from wages in the public sector) Regulations 2017 implement new arrangements for check off for public sector employees. The check off process allows union subscriptions to be paid by an employer direct to a union on behalf of it employees via salary deductions. Where a contract of employment or collective ag