The workers say the job requires them to be bilingual to communicate with Hispanic patients.
Associated PressSeven Puerto Rican health workers say they were told to speak only English at work or else they would be fired.HAINES CITY, Fla. – Seven Puerto Rican health care workers say supervisors at a Florida government-run clinic warned them to stop speaking Spanish among themselves or they would get fired.
A Monday statement from the community group La Mesa Boricua de Florida says the group filed a human resources complaint and wrote a letter to the Florida Department of Health.Nurse Mairyli Miranda says she and her coworkers speak in English with non-Spanish-speaking patients and staff but choose their native language to talk to one another.The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states English-only rules may violate federal laws unless they are “justified by business necessity.
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