Is Language Discrimination Illegal? | Perrin Law Group
For example, an employer policy that prohibited Arabic from being spoken in the workplace while allowing all other native language would likely be found to be a form of unlawful discrimination. Furthermore, there is no basis for a bona fide language qualification while employees are communicating with their fellow employees during lunch or rest breaks.
Language Discrimination - Workplace Fairness
www.workplacefairness.org › languageThis type of discrimination generally makes it illegal to prefer one language over another, though there are many exceptions. The driving force behind the illegality of language discrimination is whether or not an individual was hired, fired, or required to speak one language over another for a discriminatory purpose. For more information about national origin discrimination, please see our page on the subject.