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English Only Rules Must Have a Clear Business Necessity
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Discrimination
An employer can impose rules requiring that only English be spoken in the work place. But, an employer can do so only if there is a real, definable business reason for the rule. Most cases that have allowed such English-only rules were based on safety reasons. See post. Of course, no such rule could…