fabsroman
Ultimate Member
Its not a legal issue its a company policy issue. If you dont follow company policy you can be fired. If they dont own the parking lot I dont see how they could enforce it though.
Even if they are renting the parking lot, they can enforce it. Heck, the Howard County Public School Policy for employees states that employees must act "properly" even in places outside of the school (paraphrasing there). An employee must act properly at the super market, movie theater, on Facebook, etc., and HCPSS does not own any of those places, lease them, etc.
Maryland is an employment at will state. So, unless there is an employment contract in place setting forth what the employee can and cannot be fired for, the employer can terminate employment at any time except for one of the protected reasons, like age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, etc. Don't think gun owner is a protected class.
If the parking lot is part of the area rented/owned by the employer, and it is the employer's policy that firearms are not allowed on company grounds, then yes the gun owner can be fired without a problem if the gun owner, even with a wear and carry permit, brings a firearm onto company grounds.