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Dave2 wrote:What compels companies to have policies on every topic, conceivable or otherwise? When (if) I'm in charge of a company, there'll be a section in the handbook on how to do your job, followed by, "Dave's Company's policy on everything else is 'Don't do anything illegal on company time or property, and you'd better have a really good explanation if you give someone a reason to sue us'."

See rp_photo above. And it's even more complex than that. It's the world we live in.

seamusTX wrote:

If an employer feels they have that power, what else will you let them do to you?

• no smoking—including in some cases outside of work
• random drug tests
• no consumption of alcohol
• no romantic relationships with other employees
• no personal phone calls on company time—including on your personally owned mobile phone
• no personal e-mail or web surfing on the company network
• no personal business on company time or while using a company-owned vehicle
• wearing an ugly uniform and other dress codes
• using required safety equipment

There's an old saying, he who pays the piper calls the tune.

- Jim

Most of those aren't even close to or not at all the same thing though. The couple that are, still aren't that close. #2 is about it and maybe #3 if you mean they won't allow smoking when you're not there, as in after hours, and #2 is also under your own control; your choice. Most of the rest is there's and they can control how and if you use it.

I'm kind of making a point, and the point is, it's your choice. I don't care who's playing what tune, it's your choice if you want to allow a business who can and will drop you for no reason and without warning (Texas is still a right to work state) to run your life. "My employer forces me" isn't accurate, "I let my employer make me" is more like it. It's like marriage.

WildBill wrote:

GEM-Texas wrote:A question. Congrats on the parking lot win. But I reading around the internet (obviously the source of all truth! ) that employers can rewrite their handbooks to make not having a gun in the car a condition of employment.

So is this legal under the legislation? If so, it would make the bill not applicable to many firms who have such rules or add them.

If you want a definitive answer, you must ask a specific question. Employers can rewrite their handbooks any way they please. If their policy is contrary to the law, it would not be legally enforceable. End of Thread.

Ditto. And who says an employer can search your car whenever they want? How do they know what is in your car and why would you allow them to search it? If an employer feels they have that power, what else will you let them do to you?