May an employer ban clothes on the job depicting messages relevant to employment conditions?Ĥ. May an employer ban clothes off the job depicting messages irrelevant to employment conditions?ģ.

May an employer ban clothes on the job depicting messages irrelevant to employment conditions?Ģ. He ruled that “A message about unjustified killings of Black men, while a matter of profound societal importance, is not directly relevant to the terms, conditions, or lot of Home Depot's employees as employees.'ġ. Siding with the defense, he averred that the plaintiffs could only wear what they pleased in criticism of their employer if it be part and parcel of a collective effort that either calls for a wage increase or an improvement in working conditions. National Labor Relations Board Judge Paul Bogas dismissed the case. One employee then brought a lawsuit against Home Depot, alleging the employee was 'required to choose between engaging in protected concerted activity, including displaying the 'BLM' slogan, and quitting employment.” After being told they would be fired if they persisted in their adornment decision, they chose to resign. The decision of the employer did not sit well with workers who wished to show themselves allied with BLM. Perhaps it did so on the ground that while the employees involved may “feel safe,” customers might react differently to the slogan and take their business elsewhere. Management, however, forbade this initiative. I am a person of color myself, so it's a form of solidarity. Why? According to one of the workers involved: “It's something that I put on so that people know to approach me.

Several employees at a Home Depot in Minnesota decided to affix Black Lives Matter labels onto the aprons given to them by their employer.

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