Common use of Xxxxxxxxxx Rights Clause in Contracts

Xxxxxxxxxx Rights. The County recognizes an employee’s right to representation during an investigatory interview or meeting that may result in discipline. The County shall not interfere with the representative’s right to assist an employee to clarify the facts during the interview. If the employee requests a union representative, the investigatory interview shall be temporarily recessed for a reasonable period of time until a union representative can be present. For those interviews, which by nature of the incident must take place immediately, the union will take reasonable steps to make a union representative immediately available. The employer shall inform the employee of the general nature of the investigation at the time the employer directs the employee to be interviewed.