Everywhere you turn in 2018, people are talking about politics. That includes your workplace. Since President Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, it seems like you can’t escape the constant drumbeat of other people’s political messages. With so much political talk in the air, what can an employer do to ensure that its employees’ speech is appropriate without violating their rights?
I wrote about this issue in the February 2017 Iowa Employment Law Letter, after a New Mexico businessman turned away his Republican clients. Since that time, there have been several other prominent examples of alleged political discrimination, including a recent case in Iowa.
