Yes, they can. A non-disclosure agreement -- a condition of many jobs -- asks you to waive your right to speak freely. A government security clearance does the same. A binding arbitration agreement waives your right to a trial by jury. Certain jobs require you to submit to a search without a warrant to access the workspace such as airline pilot. And so forth.
"-- The rights referred to in the Constitution do not exist in transactions between businesses and individuals, --"
Wrong, -- and this judge explains why:
In Plona v. United Parcel Service, 2007, -- U.S. District Judge Ann Aldrich found that "allowing an employer to terminate an employee for exercising a clearly established constitutional right jeopardizes that right, even if no state action is involved."
Nor can employers require you to waive your protected rights.
They cannot, as a condition of employment, require you to give up your right to vote; neither can they require you to give up your right of self-protection or your right to keep and bear arms.
Freedom Calls:
Yes, they can. A non-disclosure agreement -- a condition of many jobs -- asks you to waive your right to speak freely. A government security clearance does the same. A binding arbitration agreement waives your right to a trial by jury.
You have waivered a specific work related right for a compensation. -- Banning guns from employees vehicles is simply an uncompensated infringement of a basic right.
Certain jobs require you to submit to a search without a warrant to access the workspace such as airline pilot. And so forth.
Reasonable regulations in the workplace are understandable. -- What 'reason' is behind the banning of guns in parking lots? -- Only Ms Brady knows.