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Private Employers Can Dismiss Workers for Contacting Lawmakers

By Joel Lancaster
jlancaster@mckenziebanner.com
Posted 4/1/25

NASHVILLE (March 31) — In a binding decision issued March 27, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that private employers may lawfully terminate employees for petitioning state lawmakers, reaffirming that constitutional protections under both the U.S. and Tennessee constitutions apply only to government action—not to private companies.

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