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  1. #1
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    Default Can Your Employer Restrict What You Can Talk About at Work

    I work for an insurance agents company, it has approximately 40 offices, recently the company decided to franchise all the offices and they started a quick process to sale all the 40 offices, this created immediately rumors and comments among the employees whom fear to be fired in any moment, in fact some rumors talk about some positions that will be closed and people fired. As a logical human defense mechanism people have started to speak negative about franchising process creating a rarefied atmosphere.

    The company management team trying to be one step ahead called to their department manager to a meeting, they speak several topics but one of them was a dramatic sentence: if they detect a person saying negative things about the process they’ll fire that person in the moment.

    Is legal restricting what you can speak at your work? Is it legal in this case?

    I appreciate any help

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    Default Re: Restricting What You Can Speak At Your Work

    Yup. It's legal to restrict the topics discussed at work.

    It is also legal to terminate you if you discussed banned topics.

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    Default Re: Restricting What You Can Speak At Your Work

    And before you mention the First Amendment and freedom of speech, that applies to GOVERNMENTAL restrictions, not those of your private employer.

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    Default Re: Restricting What You Can Speak At Your Work

    The employer can't restrict employees from discussing things protected by federal and state law. For example, if you were fired for stating that the company's terminations resulting from the sale discriminated against women or that the conversion to franchises discriminates against blacks and other minorities applicants/employees, you can file a complaint with EEOC alleging retaliation for protesting employment practices made illegal by the EEO laws. And, if EEOC found that you were fired for your statement, it would find that your employer had violated the retaliation provisions of Title VII.

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