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| NLRB Reverses Stance on Non-Union Weingarten
Rights |
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 In a surprising reversal of its policy of extending
Weingarten rights to non-union employees, the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB) recently held in its IBM Corp. decision
that non-union employees are no longer entitled to have a
co-worker attend an investigatory interview that they
reasonably believe will lead to discipline.
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| Employers' Affirmative Defense to Constructive
Discharge Claims |
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 Employees who say they were forced to quit because
their supervisors created an intolerable hostile work
environment may sometimes recover damages despite failing to
take advantage of a company complaint procedure, according to
a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Suders v. Pennsylvania
State Police. Employers continue to be strictly liable if an
adverse employment action, such as a demotion or extreme cut
in pay precipitates the constructive discharge, but in
instances where the claim is that a hostile work environment
lead to the constructive discharge employers can assert an
affirmative defense that it had adequate measures in place to
address the offensive behavior and the employee failed to
avail him or herself of those measures.
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| Use of External Investigator Helps Ward off
Damages |
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 When claims of harassment or discrimination are made by
employees, companies often have a choice to make: Who is the
most appropriate person to investigate?
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