What are the agencys options when there is a request for a union representative at an investigatory examination?
If an employee makes a valid request for representation, an agency has three options: (1) grant the request, (2) discontinue the interview, or (3) offer the employee the choice between continuing the interview without representation or having no interview. If, after having been given the option of continuing an interview without representation or having no interview at all, an employee elects to continue without representation, the right to representation has been waived.
