Post by cjm on Feb 22, 2020 5:00:28 GMT
It is an issue which I occasionally refer to: Speech and behaviour, although permitted under a constitution, which somehow offend against an employer's sensibilities. While I grudgingly concede that in extreme cases (eg disclosing trade secrets) an employer perhaps should be allowed to act against an employee, I maintain that freedom of speech should generally be policed like any other personal right under a constitution. This is particularly so when it is clear that the employee acts in a personal capacity, that he does not speak for the employer.
It would appear that in US labour law at least some policing of employer restrictions on employee freedoms is done as illustrated by the following link: