Key court cases: English‐only rules should be narrowly drawn and justified by business necessity

Silbergeld, Arthur F.; Tuvim, Mark B.

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“…According to seven articles analysing English-only legal cases, the courts are not consistently in line with the EEOC, and the authors conclude that English-only rules are a viable means of dealing with a multilingual workplace. These articles are Lewis (1997), Parliman andShoeman (1994), Petersen (1994), Silbergeld and Tuvim (1994), Small Business Reports (1993), Southard Murphy et al (1993 and Turk (1993/94). According to Parliman and Shoeman (1994: 564), case law appears to signal 'a trend toward greater judicial recognition of both employer prerogative and the rights of native English speakers and a corresponding diminished support for the claims of non-English-speaking employees'.…”

Section: Assimilation/suppression: English-only Rulesmentioning

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Adaptation and Assimilation: US Business Responses to Linguistic Diversity in the Workplace

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1998

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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The United States has always been a nation of immigrants who have added their many languages to the common language of communication, English. In recent years, the use of these languages in the workplace has become a concern for US business. As a result of changes in immigration laws, which now no longer favour Europeans, and the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, making national-origin discrimination illegal, people of different cultures and languages are more visible than ever in public life. This article will begin with an overview of the history of attitudes towards immigrants and their languages in the United States. The present status of attitudes towards immigrants will be discussed with an update on the official-English movement, a discussion of three recent reports on the effect of immigration, and an analysis of a set of articles on immigration in recent business-related journals. Discussion will then focus on how businesses have adapted to the multilingual workforce. A set of articles on language issues in the workplace found in business-related journals will be classified and analysed according to the tactics described or being advised for dealing with multilingual diversity. Finally, the connection between the official-English movement and business practices will be explored, with a focus on the prospects for adult instruction in the English language.

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Section: Assimilation/suppression: English-only Rulesmentioning

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Adaptation and Assimilation: US Business Responses to Linguistic Diversity in the Workplace

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Key court cases: English‐only rules should be narrowly drawn and justified by business necessity

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