Comment by thih9
3 years ago
> “I asked, ‘Have I broken any policies? Have I posted anything on TikTok that is a security concern?’ And they said not at this time I have not but it could happen at any time in the future, so they’re just not going to take that risk.
This sounds absurd. How could a company punish an employee when the employee didn’t do anything wrong, just because they believe the employee might do something wrong? I’d love to hear an official response from that company.
>How could a company punish an employee when the employee didn’t do anything wrong, just because they believe the employee might do something wrong?
IANAL, but at-will employment means you can be fired for any reason (minus a narrow set of protected reasons). In this specific case it will not go well for the employer if it goes to court, since federal law protects employees disclosing their salary, but a company could conceivably have a policy of "you can't use tiktok".
> a company could conceivably have a policy of "you can't use tiktok".
How does this apply here? In this case the employee has been informed that they haven’t broken any policies (“I asked, ‘Have I broken any policies? Have I posted anything on TikTok that is a security concern?’ And they said not at this time I have not”).