Is it legal for my employer to give me verbal warning for activities during my own time?

Answer 1

I guess it would depend on what your "activities" were. Maybe you are doing something in public that will reflect on your job. I mean, if you are a Doctor and you smoke crack on the weekends, I am pretty sure they have a right to interfere. But if you are doing something that is legal and moral then I don't think they can say anything.

Answer 2

No an company would not ought to provide a verbal warning till now a written one. If a verbal has been given then it may be documented on that persons HR report even though it would not must be countersigned. Your company ought to have a self-discipline and criticism coverage which ought to have been made available to you interior the form of a education manual or written into your words and prerequisites of employment once you began with the business enterprise. This coverage ought to rfile what behaviour/action warrants a warning and how the business enterprise will decide disputes with workers. maximum companies will do what they like and may even push aside for a minor offence and that's thru a tribunal which you will ought to teach that any selection they make replaced into unfair.

Answer 3

It all depends on the type of work environment in which you work. For instance if your position is somewhat high profile, in that even if you are in public and you are still a representative of the company then yes your employer can give you a verbal warning. For example you work for MADD and your caught drunk driving then that makes the organization look bad. Otherwise as long as what you outside of your job does not affect your work then no they cant say anything to you.

Answer 4

it is generally VERY legal for private employers to tell you what you can an cannot do on your own time. i don't care if it's at home socially, etc.
Moreover, they do it ALL the time. Employers have rules of no social interaction or dating between employees on their own time to avoid sex harassment suits; employers now hire and fire based on whether the employee smokes on his/her own time bc they don't want to pay for higher insurance rates. It's all legal.

Edit: some states have passed laws:

"Twenty-nine states apparently shared this concern, enacting lifestyle-discrimination laws that prohibit employers from refusing to hire workers for their private, legal behaviors. This includes smoking, drinking or overeating."
http://no-smoking.org/oct04/10-12-04-4.html

check your state's department of employment for laws of your state

Answer 5

Employers for the most part hire and fire at will; if he's concerned enough about your activities to try an keep you from getting fired for them, that's a good thing.

Take it to heart instead of looking for something to complain about.

Answer 6

Well it really depends on what you were doing, and what your company policy is about what constitutes as "personal time." Most company policies regarding what activities are allowed and not allowed hold true as long as you are on company property, whether you are on the clock or not.

Answer 7

Unless your local law (state or province) prohibits it, and very few do, it is legal, in general. If you are covered by a union contract, the contract may have something to say about it.

Answer 8

Yes it is legal, meaning there is no law preventing it. If you don't like it you are free to seek employment elsewhere.

Answer 9

We would need more information that provided to correctly answer this question. If it was on company property or at a company function the answer is probably 'yes'.

Answer 10

In most cases, yes. Short of harassing you, your employer can SAY pretty much whatever he/she wants to you.