1.   The association now refuses to handle arbitration cases in which employees are forbidden from having lawyers represent them.

2.   A State Department directive has forbidden consular employees from handling all but emergency applications, such as those involving the death or critical illness of a close relative.

3.   Consequently, many companies forbid their employees from revealing their last names, or they give employees the option to refuse to provide their full names.

4.   For example, the company may forbid employees from buying or selling company shares before release of important information.

5.   Supporters of the amendment argued that forbidding federal employees from obtaining abortion services was an infringement on personal choice.

6.   Texas policy forbids employees from disclosing student records.

7.   The GE rules emphasized privacy, forbidding employees with disputes from seeking out sympathetic colleagues or sharing documents.

8.   The proposal also would make it illegal for employers to impose gag orders forbidding employees from discussing their pay levels with co-workers.

9.   Both Fidelity Investments and Scudder Kemper Retirement Services forbid their employees from speaking to reporters on any subject -- even political speeches the companies arrange.