VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT LAW

I WORK FOR A CLEANIMG CONTRACTOR. WHICH HAS

SEVERAL SITES. CAN THE CLEINT TAKE AWAY MY

FIRST AMMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH

WHILE ON THE JOB. STATING THAT THIS INTERFERES

WITH MY JOB PERFORMANCE? I GENERALLY WORK

WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS THERE. I AM  61 YEARS OLD

AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN A PEOPLE PERSON. BEEN

ON THIS SITE GOING ON TWO YEARS WITH ONLY FIVE

COMPLAINTS. MAYBE THREE DAYS A WEEK THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES

(THIS IS A CHRURCH)

Please turn off the caps. It's hard to read, annoying, and the equivalent of shouting.

alex48:

CAN THE CLEINT TAKE AWAY MY FIRST AMMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHILE ON THE JOB. STATING THAT THIS INTERFERES WITH MY JOB PERFORMANCE?

Absolutely, 100%, Yes.

The first amendment only applies to the government restricting your freedom of speech.

If your employer or the client tells you "Work, don't talk", you work and you don't talk.

Probably.

The First Amendment says the government cannot restrict your speech. Your employer often can.

CAN THE CLEINT TAKE AWAY MY

FIRST AMMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH

WHILE ON THE JOB. STATING THAT THIS INTERFERES

WITH MY JOB PERFORMANCE?

Absolutely.  They're paying you to work, not talk and apparently the amount of talking is a problem.