If an employee is not comfortable entering a personal meeting with an employer without outside representation can they refuse to go to the meeting until outside representation is obtained to accompany the employee to the meeting.
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If an employee is not comfortable entering a personal meeting with an employer without outside representation can they refuse to go to the meeting until outside representation is obtained to accompany the employee to the meeting.
If an employer wants a meeting with you to discuss a possible situation where they feel you need to be reprimanded or they think a verbal warning is necessary, can the employee refuse the meeting until they can get outside representation to accompany them to the meeting and be witness to the meeting to see if the meeting was actually warranted. This is a county establishment. Can a represenitive from the labor board accompany the employee to the meeting.
Asked on April 2, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Arizona
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
If there are civil service rules or a union/collective bargaining agreement giving you the right to outside representation, you can enforce those rules or the term of the agreement. But in the absence of civil service rules or some contract/agreement, you have no right to outside reperesentation at a company meeting: if you refuse to attend the meeting, you can be terminated "for cause" (no unemployment) for violating supervisor's instructions.
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