To All SBMC NJNU members:

NJNU filed an arbitration on behalf of our members because of the readjustment of seniority by management. Attached is the arbitrator's award or decision. Once the seniority has been corrected according to the award, new seniority lists will be posted.

Maria Refinski RN BSN

President NJNU

Weingarten Rights apply during investigatory interviews. An investigatory interview occurs when (1) management questions an employee to obtain information; and (2) the employee is being asked to defend his or her conduct and/or has a reasonable belief that discipline or other adverse consequences may result from what he or she says.

When a supervisor calls an employee to the office to announce a warning or other discipline, is this an investigatory interview? The NLRB says no, because the supervisor is merely informing the employee of a previously arrived at decision. Such a meeting becomes an investigatory interview, however, if the supervisor asks questions that are related to the subject matter of the discipline.

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