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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Obama Admin: Requiring Workers Speak English Is Discrimination… Oh boy. Via Judicial Watch: Requiring employees in the United States to speak a foreign language is not discriminatory but forcing them to speak English violates federal law under a sweeping order issued by the Obama administration to crack down on national origin discrimination in the workplace. The governments new enforcement guidelines state that bilingual requirements dont meet discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act but English-only rules do because theyre restrictive language policies. The administration asserts that the new rules, which cover a broad range of scenarios that could get employers in trouble, were created because the American workforce is increasingly ethnically diverse. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces the nations workplace discrimination laws, made them public a few days ago. The increased cultural diversity of todays workplaces presents new and evolving issues with respect to Title VIIs protection against national origin discrimination, the agency writes in the lengthy document. This enforcement guidance will assist EEOC staff in their investigation of national origin discrimination charges and provide information for applicants, employees, and employers to understand their respective rights and responsibilities under Title VII. Two years ago, the administration laid the foundation for the new measures by suing a private American business for discriminating against Hispanic and Asian employees because they didnt speak English on the job. The case involved a Green Bay Wisconsin metal and plastic manufacturer that fired a group of Hmong and Hispanic workers over their English skills. Forcing employees to speak English in the U.S. violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the EEOC claimed in its lawsuit. Thats because the Civil Rights Act protects employees from discrimination based on national origin, which includes the linguistic characteristics of a national origin group. Therefore, the EEOC argued, foreigners have the right to speak their native language even during work hours at an American company that requires English. Now the agency has created official federal rules to support this absurd theory as well as other innovative discrimination categories, including multiple protected bases. This is a seldom recognized but potent Molotov cocktail of prejudice based on race, color and religion. As an example, the new rules mention discrimination against Middle Easterners perceived to follow particular religious practices. Among the amusing hypotheticals embedded in the rules is an Egyptian named Thomas who alleges he was harassed by his coworkers about his Arab ethnicity and Islam. Thomas charge should assert national origin, race and religious discrimination, the EEOC writes, referring to its new multiple protected bases category. The agency reassures that it will protect Middle Easterners, stating that Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on the perception that someone is from the Middle East or is of Arab ethnicity, regardless of how she identifies herself or whether she is, in fact, from one or more Middle Eastern countries or ethnically Arab. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 3.
#2. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
Crazy effer. Make English the national language and be done with this insanity.
And let employers hire whoever they want, it is none of the governments business. Even if a company has a federal contract, the only requirement should be that the terms of the contract are lived up to, none of this social engineering baloney.
#4. To: Dakmar (#3)
The government that governs least, governs best, because the citizens discipline themselves - HD Thoreau
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