Guns and Motorcycle Clubs Oh My! – What’s an HR Manager To Do?

Seyfarth Synopsis: A couple of Circuit Court decisions last week may cause some trepidation for your company’s HR managers as they shuffle through the off-duty activities of company employees that get brought onto the company’s property and into its business. This blog offers some comments on the decisions, and recommendations for employers.

 

Last week, we had decisions from two federal circuit courts that may be concerning to employers. In Robert Swindol v. Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., No. 14-60779 (5th Cir. Aug. 8, 2016), the employer had what it thought was a legal company policy that banned firearms from company property, including the employee parking lot. The employee had a firearm in his automobile, which was discovered by the employer, who then terminated the employee for violation of the no firearms policy.

 

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