No employer shall coerce or influence or attempt to coerce or influence his employees through or by means of threat of discharge or loss of employment to adopt or follow or refrain from adopting or following any particular course or line of political action or political activity.
Cal. Lab. Code § 1102
Political Affiliations
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 820 F. Supp. 1227 - Smedley v. Capps, Staples, Ward, Hastings & Dodson (1993)
Most recently applied in 656 F. App'x 841 - David Couch v. Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (July 2016)
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.