Plaintiff seeks to recover actual, compensatory, liquidated, and punitive damages for discrimination based upon discrimination concerning his disability. Plaintiff submits a request to the court for lost salary and benefits, future lost salary and benefits, and compensatory damages for emotional pain and suffering.
Discriminatory For Language In Montgomery
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One example of discrimination is suggesting a person's accent is “too difficult” to understand. Another example of linguistic discrimination is when a person does not take the time to learn the proper pronunciation of someone else's name.
An employer may not deny a person an employment opportunity because that person is not proficient or fluent in English, unless the job that person performs: 1) actually requires some English language skills, and 2) the person does not possess the particular type and level of English language skill required.
The U.S. Constitution says nothing about language (though it asserts freedom of speech in the First Amendment). During and after the war of indepen- dence, the issue of a national language did come up but was left without any formal decision.
It can also involve a person's ability or inability to use one language instead of another. Because language discrimination is a form of national origin discrimination, the same body of law prohibits it.
Montgomery County is a very diverse county with more than 39 different languages spoken.
Linguistic discrimination (also called glottophobia, linguicism and languagism) is unfair treatment of people based upon their use of language and the characteristics of their speech, such as their first language, their accent, the perceived size of their vocabulary (whether or not the speaker uses complex and varied ...
There are similar recent examples, such as the imposition of French in Haitian schools instead of Haitian Creole. Likewise, Jane Okang, the Founding President of Amanfrom Academy, was forced to speak only English at her school in Ghana even though she knew several other languages.
Include the following in your complaint letter: Your name, address and telephone number. The name, address, and telephone number of your attorney or authorized representative, if you are represented. The basis of your complaint. The date(s) that the incident(s) you are reporting as discrimination occurred.
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But it said school officials have "no concrete plan to remedy the discrimination and inequities" documented in the report. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits recipients of federal financial assistance from discriminating based on race, color, or national origin.Montgomery County Public Schools recently denied a local girl admission to a language immersion program, and her father now says discrimination Discrimination in any form will not be tolerated. It impedes Montgomery County Public. A discrimination complaint must be filed within 180 calendar days after the date the alleged violation occurred. Such conduct constitutes national origin discrimination. Why is language discrimination illegal? Montgomery County leads the state in the number of individual municipalities that have passed non-discrimination ordinances. Subdivision A. Discrimination in Housing.