Under Federal Law Employers Can Tell Employees How to Vote, Don’t Have to Let Them

Over the past few weeks, I have seen a number of instances where employers have gone so far to threaten employees that—if they don’t vote the right way—their job may not be safe. It turns out that this and other influencing of employees regarding their voting is perfectly fine under federal law. Also, while it’s dealt with in a number of state mandates, there’s no See more +

Over the past few weeks, I have seen a number of instances where employers have gone so far to threaten employees that—if they don’t vote the right way—their job may not be safe. It turns out that this and other influencing of employees regarding their voting is perfectly fine under federal law. Also, while it’s dealt with in a number of state mandates, there’s no federal law forcing employers to allow their employees to vote. Longtime LexBlog Network author Thomas Crane of the San Antonio Employment Law Blog joins me to discuss these two important issues.

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