AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, many began heated political discussions impacting workplaces and social media.
The First Amendment says the government shall make no law that impedes your free speech; political speech within a private company, as a private employee, is not protected under the First Amendment.
A private corporation can determine what sort of speech it allows in the workplace.
An Amarillo lawyer says that while political speech directly in the workplace is of higher interest to an employer, social media can also disrupt the workplace.
Texas is also an at-will employment state, which means employees can be fired for any reason.
“Good reason, bad reason, no reason at all. So yes, there can be consequences to your social media if your employ