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Regulating Political Expression in the Workplace
Updated April 10, 2025
HR professionals are charged with keeping employees comfortable, productive, and engaged. As national politics increasingly distract employees from their work, some managers turn to policies or guidelines regarding political expression in the workplace to mitigate these issues. Clutch surveyed 1,000 full-time employees to better understand the benefits and drawbacks of developing a political expression policy.
In an ideal world, employees will innately understand what is and is not appropriate to talk about at work, but every HR professional knows that reality is much more complicated.
As political opinions become more and more partisan post the 2016 United States election, business managers and HR professionals may be forced to tackle issues concerning political expression in the workplace more frequently. In order to deal with politically-charged conflict, HR personnel need to first understand how their employees are affected by the changing political landscape and how that affects their work.
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To help HR professionals better manage political issues between employees, Clutch surveyed 1,000 full-time employees on their experience with company policies regarding political expression in the workplace.
Our Findings
- 12% of employees have been uncomfortable due to political expression at work in the last week, and 31% say their company’s productivity level has decreased as a result.
- 45% of companies have a guideline/policy regarding political expression in the workplace. Larger enterprises are more likely than small businesses to have a policy in place.
- Over half of employees who have been uncomfortable or distracted by political expression at work believe their company should create a policy to address these issues.
- Employees who are negatively affected by political expression at work are more prevalent at companies where employees have diverse political views.
HR experts recommend addressing the issue of political expression in the workplace with employees. However, there are many different ways a company can go about discouraging conflict, each with their own benefits and downsides. Regardless of whether a formal, written policy, or a brief, conversational approach is right for you, this issue should be considered and addressed by company leadership.
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