Public Employers May Discipline Employees for Not Answering Job Performance Questions So Long as Fifth Amendment Right is Protected

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In Speilbauer v. County of Santa Clara, the California Supreme Court held that public employers may threaten job discipline in order to compel employees to answer questions about job performance so long as the employees are not required to choose between dismissal or waiving their Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.

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