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wyomking
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My wife is Hispanic, though born in America, and was hired by a bank partly because of her Spanish-speaking abilities in reaching out to a large Hispanic population in our community. There are three Hispanic employees in her branch, and they often speak in their ancestral language when two or more are together. This has never been a problem in the past; however, recently she was informed that they could no longer speak Spanish to one another while behind the teller line because it makes the English-speaking tellers uncomfortable. When they questioned the veracity of this new rule, Human Resources supposedly conferred with the bank's attorneys and stated that the bank has the right to make up and enforce a new rule that is not in writing, and that they can make this rule effective in this branch, with the claim that it does not violate "free speech," nor is it any form of racial discrimination.
Is this correct or not? Can they really do this without violating Constitutional rights and/or civil rights?
My wife is Hispanic, though born in America, and was hired by a bank partly because of her Spanish-speaking abilities in reaching out to a large Hispanic population in our community. There are three Hispanic employees in her branch, and they often speak in their ancestral language when two or more are together. This has never been a problem in the past; however, recently she was informed that they could no longer speak Spanish to one another while behind the teller line because it makes the English-speaking tellers uncomfortable. When they questioned the veracity of this new rule, Human Resources supposedly conferred with the bank's attorneys and stated that the bank has the right to make up and enforce a new rule that is not in writing, and that they can make this rule effective in this branch, with the claim that it does not violate "free speech," nor is it any form of racial discrimination.
Is this correct or not? Can they really do this without violating Constitutional rights and/or civil rights?
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