uncomfortable

[nonunionrep]

Several of our employees are feeling uncomfortable about the spanish speaking employees who are having one on one conversations, in spanish, when around the non spanish speaking employees ,(other than at breaktime). Our employees are a ratio of 80% Afr.Amer/ 20% Caucasian and /10%Hispanic. Please advise what we can legally say to the Hispanic employees tin regards to when they can speak Spanish and when they should speak english.

 

[cbg]

Your employees had better get over it, because while you can require that all business-related transactions be conducted in English, you cannot legally prevent them from speaking Spanish on break or for non-work related conversations. If that makes your employees uncomfortable, direct them here: http://www.studyspanish.com/ because otherwise it's their tough luck.

 

[disagreeable]

Just take the time to learn Spanish cuss words and you'll be fine. Of course one could explore if they are legal to work in the US and report them to ICE if they are not.

 

[cbg]

There are many hundreds of thousands of Spanish speaking workers who are legally in this country, and many of them are citizens. To assume that because they speak another language means they are illegal is frankly....well, Dis, I'm ashamed of you.

 

[shrinkmaster]

So English is not their first language and they are more comfortable with Spanish! Why is that any concern of yours? They are having private conversations that YOU are clearly not part of! Are you that paranoid or nosy you need to listen? I have worked with persons who speak other languages and I have NEVER had issue with them speaking to each other in the language they are most comfortable with. If its not business related then I don't care. If talking to me they speak English. If you and your coworkers are uncomfortable the problem you not them

 

[Betty3]

The bottom line is it is not illegal for them to speak Spanish for any non-work related conversations. Sorry if that bothers you.