Jan. 12, 2002

Cross Talk

Employment Column - By Donald C. Potter and Samuel T. McAdam, The California Legislature recently broadened the state's tough anti-discrimination laws by prohibiting certain English-only rules in the workplace. Effective Jan. 1, 2002, Government Code Section 12951 forbids a California employer to adopt or enforce a policy that prohibits the use of any language in the workplace, unless the policy is justified by business necessity and the employer has notified all employees as to when the language