English-Only Rules In the Workplace
Emily Zhang
Professor Russ Frank
ESL 33B
December 4, 2013
Final draft
English-Only Rules In the Workplace As the increasing of immigration in the Unite States, English as one of the
Global language that is more and more important. Today 1.75 billion people speak English in necessary situation that means one in four of us. Yet English is the common language when employees come from different counties, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and National Origin Discrimination often considers “English-Only rules” in the workplace. The EEOC has set the rules that allowing employers to require their employees speak English only in the workplace for the business necessity (EEOC “publications”). The largest immigrate population in the United States comes from Asia and Latin American in 2010. China, India, Korea, Philippine and Vietnam were the five countries that people’s birth over 1 million living n the United States. From 2000 to 2010, the population of the foreign-born from Asia increased 3.4 million (U.S. Census 2011). From 1980 to 1990, 19767,316 are foreign-born persons in U.S. and 230,445,777 are speaking English only at home five years and over. That’s about 12% of foreign-born persons speak English at home (U.S. Census 1990). In the United States; the population of people spoke a language other than English had increased 27 percent from 2000 to 2010. The civilian workforce in the U.S. increases almost to 29 percent by 2000 and grew to 77 percent in twenty years (EEOC “meetings”). Because the United States is a multicultural country, the English-only rule is necessary in the workplace. The EEOC has approved the English-only rules that employees can be required speak English only in the workplace except for business reasons (EEOC “Facts”). The current EEOC guidelines allowing employers require employees speak English for business propose can protect employers and employees rights from national origin
Professor Russ Frank
ESL 33B
December 4, 2013
Final draft
English-Only Rules In the Workplace As the increasing of immigration in the Unite States, English as one of the
Global language that is more and more important. Today 1.75 billion people speak English in necessary situation that means one in four of us. Yet English is the common language when employees come from different counties, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and National Origin Discrimination often considers “English-Only rules” in the workplace. The EEOC has set the rules that allowing employers to require their employees speak English only in the workplace for the business necessity (EEOC “publications”). The largest immigrate population in the United States comes from Asia and Latin American in 2010. China, India, Korea, Philippine and Vietnam were the five countries that people’s birth over 1 million living n the United States. From 2000 to 2010, the population of the foreign-born from Asia increased 3.4 million (U.S. Census 2011). From 1980 to 1990, 19767,316 are foreign-born persons in U.S. and 230,445,777 are speaking English only at home five years and over. That’s about 12% of foreign-born persons speak English at home (U.S. Census 1990). In the United States; the population of people spoke a language other than English had increased 27 percent from 2000 to 2010. The civilian workforce in the U.S. increases almost to 29 percent by 2000 and grew to 77 percent in twenty years (EEOC “meetings”). Because the United States is a multicultural country, the English-only rule is necessary in the workplace. The EEOC has approved the English-only rules that employees can be required speak English only in the workplace except for business reasons (EEOC “Facts”). The current EEOC guidelines allowing employers require employees speak English for business propose can protect employers and employees rights from national origin