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Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

2024 Election – Can It Be A Hot Topic In Your Workplace?

With the 2024 election fast approaching, and political news exploding, manufacturers are asking an important question: What is the role of political bobbleheads, pins, stickers, and discussions in the workplace?...more

FordHarrison

EntertainHR: Can Employers Do That? The Limits of Free Speech

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Public debate about the Israel-Hamas war demonstrates that Americans have strong, and often divergent, views on important social and political issues. Believing that their right to express those views is firmly grounded in...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Manufacturers’ Manual to Political Speech in the Workplace

As we approach election season, conversations about politics are quickly picking up across the country and in the workplace. Employers may be wondering how they can manage communications in the workplace....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The Election Season Is Upon Us: Guidance for Managing Political Expression in the California Workplace

In a year of extraordinary events, this election has been more divisive and controversial than any other in recent history. Many employers are grappling with how they should manage political expression in the workplace. An...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Turbulence Ahead: Navigating Political Speech in the Workplace during an Election Year and Global Pandemic

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a tumultuous year full of social unrest, a pandemic, and a Presidential election, it is no wonder employers find themselves grappling with how—and whether—to regulate politics in the workplace.  Options...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Regulating Political Speech and Expression in the 2020 Workplace

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With election season underway, employers are considering how to address employees discussing politics and expressing their political beliefs in the workplace. Managing these issues can create significant legal and employee...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Political Speech Inside (and Outside) of the Workplace

The new year has brought a new Congress, an ongoing government shutdown, and rumblings of the first formal campaign announcements for 2020. With more voters participating in last year’s election than ever before, employers...more

The Volkov Law Group

Employees and Political Activity

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It is October in an election year, and political tensions are running high. If political discourse in your place of business has been heated, it may be a good time for a refresher on laws governing what private employers may...more

Mintz - Sports Entertainment Viewpoints

Where is the Line? Options for Professional Leagues and Teams Facing On-Field Player Social Activism

In July 2016, four players on the Minnesota Lynx WNBA team wore black shirts in support of the Black Lives Matter social justice movement. The WNBA fined the players, but later rescinded the fines. In August 2016, San...more

FordHarrison

From sports and entertainment to politics and social justice—when worlds collide in your workplace

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It’s everywhere. Whether you like it or not, you can’t escape it. While the topics of politics and social justice are undoubtedly important discussions to have in our country, the reality is that they now seem ever present....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Tinker, Take Two

Two legendary figures in the ongoing fight for student free speech rights are asking the Supreme Court to revisit this thorny area of First Amendment jurisprudence. John and Mary Beth Tinker were petitioners forty-six years...more

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