Do employees have the right to provide and mount their own bulletin boards in the workplace?
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No. Labor laws vary by state, but that isn't a God-given right, the way life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are.\n\nIn fact, in a worse-case scenario, if you posted pictures from the "Big Topless Babes on Big Bikes" Magazine and the corporation did nthing to stop you, a woman who was offended could sue them for a couple of hundred thousand dollars for sexual harassment.\n\nVirtually all corporations have policies about bulletin boards. Most of them don't want sex, politics, money or religion discussed in the work place or posted on their bulletin boards, so, if they have one, they don't allow tracts from competing denominations, political posters, ads for Avon products or offers from "generous" older men looking for discrete single women 18 - 25 who look good in tight tops.\n\nThe possibilities for mis-use are endless. If they let you put up a BB with cute pictures of your puppies / grandchildren / kittens / roses, they have to let me put up one with cute pictures of my new wife in a bikini, plus posters for the WatchTower warning everyone that the end of the world is coming. Then they have to have an HR person come by and argue with me.\n\nIt is just easier to say "no". Most corpoarte BB's have nothing but the OSHA warnings, position announcements and flyers about the company picnic. They are safe but dull.\n\nIn a related issue, you have the freedom of speech, but you can't spend company time trying to convert your fellow employees to your brand of politics or religion; they are paying you to be an accountant, programmer, mechanic, clerk, CEO, sales person, waiter, etc etc. They frown on you doing it on lunch breaks, too.
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actually, yes they are. \nYour rights to privacy are not in full effect when at work.  Your employer also has a right to look at your email, internet useage, and monitor phone calls.
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Look in the Help Wanted ads in your newspaper :)\n\nUnfortunately, Yahoo! Answers isn't a "help wanted" or "for hire" bulletin board.  This particular section is for asking questions ABOUT employment, not asking FOR employment. You might have better luck if you try Yahoo! Groups http://groups.yahoo.com
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It's not a bullet board, duh.  A bulletin is a notice or piece of information.
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You probably are a horrible employee, so no.\n\nYou can't sue an employer for your own incompetence.
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Yes. They have a right to replace a worker that is not committed to the business. Now, an employer cannot fire a National Guard or reserviist if he hired them knowing they were. But, if you decide while employed to join military, you're on your own.
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I don't believe they have the right to demand that you not carry your cell phone.  Unless it impedes the quality or safety of your work.  Or are just worried about inneffeciency in the temptation of using your cell phone during work.  I wouldn't see that happening though.  Your employer might just be uptight.
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I DONT THINK THEY LOOK AT IT AS AN ETHICAL CHOICE,  ITS BUSINESS.  AS A BOSS I WANT TO KEEP THE BEST WORKERS HAPPY SO THAT THE SLACKERS EITHER LEAVE OR PICK UP THEIR PACE.   I THINK ITS NECESSARY FOR A MANAGER TO COMPARE HIS/HER EMPLOYEES WHEN THERE IS A PROMOTION IN LINE.  THE BEST WORKER SHOULD GET AHEAD.
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It's certainly feasible to do so, especially if you work for a large company than can still keep a fair number of employees onsite.  In smaller companies, though, an employer would probably want you present at the office, should something come up needing your attention.
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We don't have nearly enough information to answer your question.  Ask your manager.  If you think the answer is unfair, we can research the law, but we need details of your job and your location.
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I would discuss this with your company management and see what they say.  If they're providing the home office, they probably have guidelines for deciding issues like this.
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Yes, but it can also be a distraction. The owner may wish to alleviate liability, you know, like "Hi Mr. OSHA investigator. Yes, I cut my finger off because I was singing to the music and not really paying attention".\nhttp://www.legal-forms-kit.com/freelegaladvice/employment/12.html\n\nThe employees could bring a little IPOD in and listen, and take the chance on getting fired or of hurting someone else. I dunno, I guess we signed up to work for pay and the work guidelines are what the owner stipulates, We can always try and go someplace else.\n\nHowever, if you could show the owner that productivity will go up, now that may spark his/her interest!\nhttp://www.kutchka.com/public/Listening_to_music_increases_productivity.pdf
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Employment law makes it illegal to force your employees into religious observance. So, if you are required to be there, then they are breaking federal law, regardless of whether this is a school or another work place. I would suggest to the principal that if he wants to have a private religious gathering for staff on a voluntary basis, he does so at some other location or time.
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There is no seperate set of rules for the behavior at the place of work. Behave like you do at any other place. Do your work properly, treat everyone nice and have fun
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The company owns all rights to anything that it costs them to do.  So if they pay someone to open and distribute the mail, they are entitled to do so.\n\nWe can expect no reasonable rights to privacy in the workplace, unless of course you own the business.\n\nI may be wrong, but I believe that even a letter marked "personal and confidential" if sent addressed to your employer can be opened by the employer.  \n\nIf need to receive mail that you don't want your wife/s.o. to find out about, go open a PO Box and keep the receipts at your office.
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http://www.sc.gov/Portal/Category/EMPLOYEERIGHTS
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I don't know about where to get the tools, like grips and hooks, but the company should provide them to the employees.\nBring it up with a supervisor.