Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2025

2 Apr - 4 Apr 2025

Session information

Limits of employer criticism — the delicate boundaries of employer and employee speech and criticism

Description

We have seen it all... George Floyd, the US Supreme Court abortion decision, 7 October 2023 and Israel's reaction, the Russia/Ukraine conflict, terrorist attacks by Islamists, deportation of immigrants, employee criticism of employer's business, attacks on transgender people, regression in women's rights – the list can go on and on and unfortunately gets longer and longer. In this panel, we will explore freedom of expression, its implications and its limits for both employers and employees.  This discussion will include global, legal and cultural perspectives on employer public expressions of views; employer imposition of those points of views on employees (and tolerance for difference); the rights and limits of employee freedom of expression in the workplace; rights and limits of employee expression on social media. What are best practices in different regions of the world? Is it possible to have a company-wide, global approach?