CALIFORNIA
Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I did not find any other area that was applicable. I work for an entity that holds a training every year to be sure that we all know that certain activities (sexual harassment, etc.) in the workplace is not tolerated. This year, however, they are telling us that if we are in a place (restaurant, bar, whatever) with a friend and we tell that friend a joke that another employee who happens to be in the restaurant overhears and finds offensive, the other employee can go to the company management and get us in trouble. Not that I am in the habit of broadcasting tasteless jokes in public, but it seems to me that what we do outside of work is our own business. Can this company (a federal gov't entity) do that?What is the name of your state?
Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I did not find any other area that was applicable. I work for an entity that holds a training every year to be sure that we all know that certain activities (sexual harassment, etc.) in the workplace is not tolerated. This year, however, they are telling us that if we are in a place (restaurant, bar, whatever) with a friend and we tell that friend a joke that another employee who happens to be in the restaurant overhears and finds offensive, the other employee can go to the company management and get us in trouble. Not that I am in the habit of broadcasting tasteless jokes in public, but it seems to me that what we do outside of work is our own business. Can this company (a federal gov't entity) do that?What is the name of your state?