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Chipotle under fire for illegal workplace policies

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Chipotle is being accused of violating labor laws.

The National Labor Relations Board ruled Chipotle has to amend four rules that can stop employees from exercising their collective bargaining rights.

The polices at issue are a confidentiality rule that "unlawfully limits the use of [Chipotle's] name; prohibiting employees from discussing "politics or religion in public"; preventing works from soliciting support from coworkers against a workplace policy "in visual or hearing range of our customers; and an "ethical communication" policy that instructs workers to avoid "exaggeration" or "colorful language" when discussing people.

"Employees can talk about wages, hours, conditions and terms of employment. That's protected speech," said Michael Healey, the attorney who worked on the NLRB case.

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