Unless it's affecting a protected class, a company can make pretty much any rule it wants for employees, particularly in an at-will state. You have to understand, the company isn't "denying [the] employee a constitutional right;" only a government can do that. The company is entering into a contract with the employee that says "in exchange for employment, you agree to these conditions." "Morals clauses" are common among public figures, but can certainly be added to any contract. Those terms can include foregoing the exercise of something you otherwise have the right to do; it's called a "forebearance," and it's not only legal, it can in some cases be one of the elements necessary to form a contract ("consideration," that is, that the parties each give something to the other). Hamer v. Sidway is the case in pretty much every contract law textbook.
Unless it's affecting a protected class, a company can make pretty much any rule it wants for employees, particularly in an at-will state. You have to understand, the company isn't "denying [the] employee a constitutional right;" only a government can do that. The company is entering into a contract with the employee that says "in exchange for employment, you agree to these conditions." "Morals clauses" are common among public figures, but can certainly be added to any contract. Those terms can include foregoing the exercise of something you otherwise have the right to do; it's called a "forebearance," and it's not only legal, it can in some cases be one of the elements necessary to form a contract ("consideration," that is, that the parties each give something to the other). Hamer v. Sidway is the case in pretty much every contract law textbook.
That would be a protected class, at least in this state. It's not a constitutional matter, though.
My employer has specifically said no firearms on their property, to include your car, in their parking lot. And they are in every state in the union. Are you saying that's not legal for them to say this?
Not in the State of Oklahoma:
21 O.S. 1289.22(B): No person, property owner, tenant, employer, holder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity shall be permitted to establish any policy or rule that has the effect of prohibiting any person, except a convicted felon, from transporting and storing firearms in a locked vehicle on any property set aside for any vehicle.
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=438588
That's a specific carve-out by the Oklahoma legislature essentially creating a protected class. To your question of whether than forbid your use/possession in general, I'd argue that a general prohibition would "have the effect of prohibiting" you from transporting or storing them in a vehicle. I suppose it's possible they could write a more specific prohibition saying "can't have them in your home," but that'd be an extremely narrow restriction.
As to the statute's effect on you: my advice is don't push it. In an at-will state, you can be fired for (almost) any reason, or no reason at all; raise the issue, and you may find that "your services are no longer needed." If somehow you're found out and either explicitly fired for violating the policy, or can show that the reason given was just a pretext, you're in a good position to make a claim for unlawful termination.
You will have an even stronger case if criminal harm is brought against you on your journey home from work and they have denied you the ability to protect yourself. That being the case if they fire you, make sure you get car jacked on the ride home.
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