Game of Groans? Third Parties Attending Interactions with Employees

Seyfarth Synopsis: While employers usually deal with employees directly, sometimes an employer must engage with an employee’s representative. These circumstances vary, as do the potential consequences to the employer.

 

Employers typically expect to deal directly with their employees. But employers should think before using Hodor’s approach of “Hold the door!” to exclude any employee representative. The employer who emulates Hodor in this regard may find itself in an analogous situation: holding off costly litigation coming with all the ferocity of a horde of White Walkers.

 

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