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Freedom of Speech in the Public Workplace
When public employee speech is protected by the First Amendment, public employers are prohibited from taking adverse employment actions against the employees for such speech. To help you identify factors courts use in determining whether or not a public employee's speech is protected, Freedom of Speech in the Public Workplace provides you with an understanding of the basic issues involved in public employment free speech legal disputes. Practical, Comprehensive, and Time Saving
This new guide covers all aspects of free speech for public employers and employees. Written for lawyers who represent public employers and employees, as well as personnel directors, union representatives, and elected officials, this comprehensive guide covers the hundreds of case law on the subject through May, 1997. You will how the First Amendment applies to the speech of public employees, from Pickering to Waters and beyond what issues are significant in regulating citizen's speech guidelines on employers' restrictions on employees' political activities, and political patronage how the First Amendment protects speech in the public workplace, especially speech involving teachers, police and fire personnel, supervisors, and managers the cases that currently govern the free speech claims of public employees and how the various tests, such as the balancing test, should be applied specific issues typically raised by public employees including whistle blowing, union issues, use of emblems, and criticism of supervisors and political figures how race, sex, sexual orientation, and religion are affected by the First Amendment what issues are relevant when public functions are privatized, including a discussion of the Umbehr and O'Hare cases and much more! Freedom of Speech in the Public Workplace brings you -- in a user-friendly format -- all this valuable, practical, and up-to-date information to assist you in your practice.
This new guide covers all aspects of free speech for public employers and employees. Written for lawyers who represent public employers and employees, as well as personnel directors, union representatives, and elected officials, this comprehensive guide covers the hundreds of case law on the subject through May, 1997. You will how the First Amendment applies to the speech of public employees, from Pickering to Waters and beyond what issues are significant in regulating citizen's speech guidelines on employers' restrictions on employees' political activities, and political patronage how the First Amendment protects speech in the public workplace, especially speech involving teachers, police and fire personnel, supervisors, and managers the cases that currently govern the free speech claims of public employees and how the various tests, such as the balancing test, should be applied specific issues typically raised by public employees including whistle blowing, union issues, use of emblems, and criticism of supervisors and political figures how race, sex, sexual orientation, and religion are affected by the First Amendment what issues are relevant when public functions are privatized, including a discussion of the Umbehr and O'Hare cases and much more! Freedom of Speech in the Public Workplace brings you -- in a user-friendly format -- all this valuable, practical, and up-to-date information to assist you in your practice.
168 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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