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Workplace Language
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Employer Law Report
When it comes to employee discipline, consistency is key
How Constellium should inform employers’ policies and practices Assume an employee writes the words “whore board” on company overtime sign-up sheets. Serious misconduct, right? In fact, the employer faced with…
Employment Law Worldview
Minding your language in Belgian employment contracts
While we Belgians are generally known for being quite flexible in our use of foreign languages, we can be real sticklers when it comes to the use of language in…
The EPL Advisor
Top 5 Things to Know About Workplace Language Rules
The EEOC filed suit recently in the United Stated District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging that an employer discriminated against non-Hispanic applicants by requiring that they be…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Lesson On EEOC Language Litigation: Employer Denied Summary Judgment After Terminating Non-English Speaking Employees
By Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: Court denied employer’s motion for summary judgment in EEOC race and/or national origin discrimination case involving the termination of non-English speaking employees. In EEOC…
Employment Discrimination Report
Can an Employer Limit the Use of a Foreign Language in the Workplace?
Today's post comes to us courtesy of Martin Burns, an associate in the Roseland office: According to a recently filed lawsuit, Hajra v Wawa, by a former employee of Wawa, Inc.,…
Employment Law Worldview
“Aux barricades!” Courts attack compulsory French usage
“As the official language of the Republic according to the Constitution, French represents an essential part of both the personality and the national heritage of France. (…)”. (art. 1 of…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Euphemisms at Work or a Rock with Arms
Slate.com has a running podcast series on euphemisms for the different type of workers one finds in their workplace:You know that lazy, boneheaded colleague in the next cubicle? The onewho…