Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law
Jul. 15, 2020
Worker protests and the limits of employer control
Put simply, politics can be bad for business. But may an employer discipline or terminate workers for participating in political actions that the employer finds repugnant, embarrassing, or harmful to its interests?
Mary Dollarhide
Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Khesraw (Kash) Karmand
Associate
DLA Piper LLP (US)
401 B Street, Suite 1700
San Diego , CA 92101
Email: kash.karmand@us.dlapiper.com
Every day, countless videos and pictures of American workers engaged in public activities -- some of them political and some of them extremely controversial -- are uploaded to social media and could potentially be instantly seen by millions of people around the world. And, with each new viral photo or video, businesses are at risk of being boycotted when their employees become known as advocating for pa...
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