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Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law

Feb. 18, 2021

Cancel culture and civility codes: grounds for wrongful termination?

California employers should be cognizant that their codes of conduct create an “ideological echo chamber” that runs afoul of statutory prohibitions against interfering with employees’ off-duty political activities, even where the activity promotes unpopular or controversial causes.

Panda L. Kroll

Founder
Panda Kroll, Esq. & Associates.

Panda represents both employers and employees in labor disputes.

California employers should be cognizant that their codes of conduct create an "ideological echo chamber" that runs afoul of statutory prohibitions against interfering with employees' off-duty political activities, even where the activity promotes unpopular or controversial causes.

See, for example, Snyder v. Alight Solutions. Snyder is an interesting labor complaint (with a cyb...

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