Weingarten Rights

If you do workplace investigations, you need to know about this 50-year-old Supreme Court decision that applies to interviewing union members. There are additional legal requirements when the person being interviewed is a member of a labor union. Principal among these are the requirements of NLRB vs J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251, which was decided by the United States Supreme Court concerning the rights of unionized workers. Weingarten rights apply only during investigatory interviews — i.e., when management questions an … Continue reading Weingarten Rights