Nonpolicy-making employees, however, cannot be fired for political speech and affiliation in the workplace. If you are in a policy-making position, the right to associate does not apply because as a policy maker, you or your policy-making employer has a right to associate with like-minded people in policy-making situations. While association rights are broadly applied to the workplace, there is an exception for the right to associate. Policymaker Exception For Freedom Of Association Rights
Contact our law firm, which is located in Mineola, New York, or call 87 to speak to a Nassau freedom of association lawyer. If your employment rights were violated, we will hold your employer responsible and seek damages for your wrongful termination.
We will help you understand your employment rights. If you were fired for political speech in the workplace, you may have a freedom of association First Amendment case. Freedom of association is the right to associate with other people, even in the workplace, and applies to political speech and affiliation. Stober, Jr., L.L.C., we have been successful in fighting job terminations on the basis of the First Amendment freedom of association for employees who were fired for workplace speech and political affiliation. Municipal employees, or people employed by the state, county, village or any other state organization, may have limited First Amendment freedom of speech rights but the freedom of association is a much more broadly protected right in the workplace.Īt the Law Offices of Louis D.
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While the Constitution protects the First Amendment freedom of speech, free speech rights are limited in the workplace.
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