gettyIn the business world, free speech can sometimes come with a price for employees, executives and their organizations. The tweets came when Levi’s was using public health guidance to manage protocols across hundreds of stores and in distribution centers. “Broad prohibitions on employee speech, which limit what employees are permitted to say about work conditions, risk employer liability under the NLRA,” she counseled. Critically, those rights extend not only to employee speech at work but also to employee speech away from work. Under certain circumstances, employees may have the right to express their views on certain subjects even if doing so causes harm to their employer or fellow employees.

Source: Forbes April 04, 2022 05:34 UTC