11Alive.com Civil Rights Attorney explains your rights to ‘free speech’ as an employee in the workforce
A civil rights litigator out of Dunwoody said when it comes to free speech and the workplace, there are limits on what you can say and do.
“I get a lot of phone calls, ‘Hey this violates my first amendment right!” civil rights attorney Larry Pankey said. “I go, ‘Well, that’s an easy one. You have no rights.'”
Pankey explained there are differences between private sector and public sector jobs in regards to free speech.
“With a private employee, you really have no rights. A private employer is really in business of making money and if they feel your behavior online, on the weekend, or on your own time makes them look bad, they can choose to let you go and you will have no rights,” he said.
When it comes to the government workers in the public sector, there is a little more leeway in what personal or public opinions you can share.
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