Disciaplined for using public access door to goto and from work.

While out of uniform and off the clock, there are a lot of employees that use the public access doors to get to and from work. There is an employee entrance in the back where there is no public access that they want us to use, they also want us to go off our property into a neighboring property and walk down a long walk way (one that has caught fire and has no ADA access to it) to get to our parking. Some departments they let use any door regardless of in or out of uniform, some people they give permits to and if you're a manager or higher you can use any door.

My question is can they write you up including termination for doing that, or are they over reaching? Also there are employees that the management said if they don't turn people in when they tell them to watch for this activity they can be written up. There are a lot of employees that refused to follow this order, and they be disciplined for not doing so? A lot of the employees that refused said it creates a hostile work environment and I agree.

Yes, they can do this. Yes, you can be disciplined or fired for not doing so. No, it is not even remotely close to a hostile work environment (which has a very specific meaning in employment law).

The only exception I can think of would be if there is a LEGITIMATE, ADA reason not to. And I am talking about someone who has a proven medical reason why they cannot use the employee entrance and can back it up with medical records, not someone who tries to play the ADA card for their own convenience.

DS6199 said:

My question is can they write you up including termination for doing that, or are they over reaching?

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Can your employer write you up or fire you? Of course.

Would it be legal for your employer to do that? Probably (depends on some facts not in your post, including whether you're a member of a labor union that has a collective bargaining agreement with your employer).

Would this be "over reaching" by the employer? I don't know exactly what you mean by that, but it seems rather obviously to be a matter of subjective opinion.

DS6199 said:

There are a lot of employees that refused to follow this order, and they be disciplined for not doing so?

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As phrased, this sentence is not a question. If you intended a question, I cannot discern what you intended to ask.

DS6199 said:

A lot of the employees that refused said it creates a hostile work environment and I agree.

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You can slap whatever label you want on it, but this isn't even close to the legal definition of "hostile work environment."

If you don't like your employer's workplace rules, you are, of course, free to seek employment elsewhere.