The National Labor Relations Board has decided not to exercise its discretionary authority to engage in rulemaking at this time to reverse the Board’s decision in IBM Corp., 341 NLRB 1288 (2004), and extend Weingarten rights to nonunion employees. In Weingarten, the Supreme Court held that an employee has a right to request the attendance of a union representative in any interview that he or she “reasonably fears may result in his discipline.”
The issue was before the Board as a result of a request by NLRB attorney Charles S. Strickler, Jr.
The Board’s action does not foreclose the possibility that it will reverse IBM Corp. if an appropriate case is presented to it.
