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: California Labor & Employment Defense BlogMore political activity discrimination -- Keith Olbermann suspended for making campaign contributions
Just a few weeks ago we blogged that NPR's termination of Juan Williams for political comments would likely have been illegal under California law. Now it seems MSNBC has suspended Keith Olbermann for making campaign contributions. Once again, California employers (journalistic or otherwise) should think twice about prohibiting campaign donations which would clearly violate California Labor Code section 1102.
Full post as published by California Labor & Employment Defense Blog on November 06, 2010 (boomark / email).
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