An employer with a unionized workplace wants to offer employees gift cards for reporting on a recent union meeting. How should HR advise the employer? An employer with a unionized workplace wants to offer employees gift cards for reporting on a recent union meeting. How should HR advise the employer? You don't need to. You have a right to ask the union Go ahead, as long as the reward is not cash Try to get the information without using an incentive Don't. This would be an unfair labor practice