Is it legal to fire an employee for refusing to sign a confidentiality agreement?
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Is it legal to fire an employee for refusing to sign a confidentiality agreement?
I’m a director of my department. I received a disciplinary action yesterday for breach of confidentiality because I discussed a pay increase for another director in an open area of the offices where it could be overheard by others. Now today, they want me to sign a confidentiality agreement and, if I don’t, they’ll terminate me.
Asked on January 3, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Tennessee
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have protection under the terms of an employment contract or union agreement, your employer can fire you for this reason, any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice. Absent some form of legally actionable discrimination, a company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have protection under the terms of an employment contract or union agreement, your employer can fire you for this reason, any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice. Absent some form of legally actionable discrimination, a company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit.
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