All Hands Memo: Why Activism At Work Could Get You Fired

All Hands Memo: Why Activism At Work Could Get You Fired

May 6, 2024, Forbes

Lindsay Burke’s commentary was included in a Forbes article discussing workplace activism and the protections and limits for employees who speak out at work. Lindsay comments on the effects of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that sided with an employee over Home Depot, which concluded that the employee’s conduct was “for mutual aid or protection.”

“A lot of employers took notice of that,” Lindsay pointed out. The NLRB, she says, took a “pretty expansive view of speech that on its face might look political, but then could just be tied back to concerns about the way the workplace is operating.”