"With very few exceptions, employees in the private sector don't have free speech rights at work."
"The First Amendment's right to freedom of speech only applies to government actors, not private employers, such as Ford. A private company can - with certain exceptions - limit what their employees say."
"An employer has the ability to discipline an employee for speech"
A Ford assembly worker heckled President Donald Trump during a plant tour and was suspended. Five legal and workplace experts evaluated whether the worker had a free-speech defense. The experts concluded that private-sector employees generally do not have constitutional free-speech protections while at work and that private employers can discipline or terminate employees for political statements or heckling in most circumstances. The First Amendment restricts government actors, not most private companies. Limited exceptions may apply for public-sector employees or specific labor-law protections. Employment lawyers and HR professionals advise employees to moderate political expressions at work to avoid discipline or job loss.
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