LAW 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Disparate Impact, Civil Rights Act Of 1964
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Disparate impact, english-only rules, & discrimination on basis of. Employers should avoid arbitrary employment criteria for applicants/employees: height, weight, such requirements may have a disparate impact on national origin. Unless job in question involves public contact. English-only rules: employer work rules requiring employees speak english in workplace during working hours, blanket english-only rules violate title vii, unless required by business necessity, castillo v. wells fargo bank, n. a. Facts: wells fargo team member handbook. English is the business language for wells fargo"s u. s. operations. : plaintiff martha castillo, challenged rule on basis of national origin discrimination. Decision: no, does english only rule violate title vii, court found that wells fargo"s language policy was limited, reasonable and business-related english-only rule , enforced against an employee who can readily comply with the rule preference . National origin discrimination under title vii doesn"t include discrimination on basis of citizenship: immigration reform & control act of 1986 (irca), discrimination on the basis of citizenship:
