Save your TSC payslip! Follow this simplified procedure to withdraw from any teachers’ union through the TSC T-Pay Platform and avoid unwarranted multiple union deductions
In June 19, 2019, a section of Kenyan TSC employed female teachers lamented over ambushed deductions emanating from the newly founded KEWOTA union.
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According to the affected female teachers, the TSC T-Pay portal had failed to protect their salaries from unauthorized deductions by KEWOTA.
This article seeks to provide a step by step guide on how TSC employed teachers can withdraw from KNUT, KUPPET or KEWOTA to avoid unnecessary multiple deductions.
Is it a must for a TSC employed teacher to join a union?
I know that this may be the big question racing through your mind right now especially if you have ever been deducted union dues without your consent or if you are “green” having been recently employed by the Teachers Service Commission.
My honest response is that unions are a necessary evil in your life as a teacher.
They come in handy when things go south that is when you have been interdicted or charged in a law of court.
The unions can extend their protective wings to shield you from the hailstones.
However, you do not need to be a member of all the three unions-KUPPET, KNUT and KEWOTA simply because their roles are more or less the same.
Some of the roles that Teachers’ Unions play include:
1. Uniting teachers from all walks of life in Kenya and providing a forum for co-operation.
2. Improving Kenyan teachers’ welfare and/ or socioeconomic status.
3. Aiding members in professional and legal matters.
4. Forging for improved terms and conditions of service for teachers and promoting the interests of teachers.
5. Settling disputes that may pop up between their union members or between members and their employer that is the Teachers Service Commission, TSC.
6. Working with other unions, bodies, societies and organizations within or outside Kenya.
7. Participating actively in the process of policy formulation in matters of education.
How to withdraw from unions (KUPPET, KNUT or KEWOTA) through the TSC online T-Pay Portal
If you would like to therefore avoid unwarranted union deductions from your TSC online payslip, follow these simplified steps to withdraw:
1. Log onto the official TSC online payslip portal, T-Pay by clicking on the following link
2. Click on the tab labelled “3rd party self-service module.”
3. After clicking on the tab, a new window will load with the following heading “Running Transaction Details.”
4. From the window provided, identify the union you would like to withdraw from that is either KEWOTA, KUPPET or KNUT then click on “Stop transaction(s).”
5. Once you click on “STOP TRANSACTION” you are free from those multiple union deductions.
NOTE: AFTER WITHDRAWING FROM KNUT, KUPPET OR KEWOTA THROUGH THE OFFICIAL TSC T-PAY PORTAL, ENSURE THAT YOU SEND A HANDWRITTEN COPY TO THE TSC FOR FILING.
