----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 2:08 PM Subject: Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:04:35PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > higher-ups decided that they should act to prevent any similar incidents in > > the future by telling him (and probably others in similar jobs�) to no > > longer participate in Internet discussion groups. Of course, as a private > > employer, they are perfectly within their rights to do that. > > Is it really as black and white as that? How much control does an > employer legally have over the private life of an employee? Can the > employer legally tell the employee what clubs they can join? Can the > employer tell the employee that they cannot buy certain products? Can > they tell them not to marry someone who has a contrary opinion to the > companies? IIRC, there is a list of things one cannot use to discriminate against an employee. They include age, sex, race, and religious views. Everything else is fair game. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
