And let me guess, in Kentucky they don't have that law? Your contract question -- it's on them not to sign before they understand.
>And the owner of the business can make that choice. If they want a >Spanish speaker dealing with English speakers, then that is fine. > >It is only illegal to discriminate against people in jobs that are >government funded, unless there is a state law saying otherwise. > >Affirmative Action, Civil Rights acts, and other similar legislation >only affect public entities, not private ones. > >As for legal documents, how can you hold somebody responsible that >signed a contract not knowing what it said? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 6:08 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: English in America in trouble? > >I speak two fluently and two more badly but well enough to decipher >parts of a news article and understand answers to questions like what >time is the bus coming, how much is this food item, and where is the >restroom. I also took a couple of semesters of Japanese but no longer >claim any knowledge of it whatsoever. To answer the question. > >And it doesn't matter to me what you expect, any more than it matters to >me what language the cashier at a Mexican restaurant speaks. Let people >learn what they want and what they can. They are the ones who will have >trouble communicating if they do not. > > >As for hiring, remember that it is illegal to discriminate on the basis >of race or national origin. If you are going to fire people for not >speaking English, you would have to make sure that a) English is a >reasonable job requirement and b) this does not impact members of one >demographic group disproportionately. I am not a lawyer but it seems to >me that this might be difficult. > >Where I thnk prejudices come in in *this* thread is when people start >saying you need to speak English to drive or rent an apartment. That's >just dumb. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233816 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
