A Friendly Reminder for our California Members

The California Labor Code sections 1101 and 1102 state as follows:

1101.  No employer shall make, adopt, or enforce any rule,
regulation, or policy:
  (a) Forbidding or preventing employees from engaging or
participating in politics or from becoming candidates for public office.
  (b) Controlling or directing, or tending to control or direct the political activities or affiliations of employees.

1102.  No employer shall coerce or influence or attempt to coerce or influence his employees through or by means of threat of discharge or loss of employment to adopt or follow or refrain from adopting or following any particular course or line of political action or political activity.

If you are a Californian who has experienced job loss or threat of job loss due to political activities or affiliations, you should contact a competent labor law attorney before the statute of limitations for such actions expires.

2009-02-19