Flushing Township Supervisor To Employees: No Small Talk On The Job [VIDEO]

Could you imagine your work place without any idle chit chat? If you're  a Flushing Township employee that's what your day will be like.

A new policy would mean Flushing Township employees can only talk business during business hours. Now, some employees have come forward to say that this is a violation of their most basic right. The township clerk, and under the new rules, she and others can only talk business while they're on the clock. Supervisor Rian Birchmeier put the new policy in place in late July. Morford doesn't think it's necessary.

Some residents say the new policy is full of hot air.Others say they like the policy, business is business. Do you think Flushing Township employees free speech is being violated?
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