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Since when should a foreign language be needed to work in Ireland?

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  • #62
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    Tzardine wrote: »
    Its not discrimination.

    The employment equality acts 1998-2011 prohibit discrimination on 9 grounds in employment. They are

    1. Age
    2. Sex
    3. Civil Status
    4. Family Status
    5. Religion
    6. Sexual Orientation
    7. Disability
    8. Race
    9. Member of the travelling community.

    Language is not discrimination.

    This thread reads more like "Dey took our jebs" than anything else.

    Race is though and its unlikely that an Irish person would speak Polish.... Its stretching it ..but !


  • #63
    brightspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    Eugene Norman wrote: »
    Unlike English, which is a global language and the language of the country, Polish is not. Advertising for just polish speakers is discrinatory in most cases.

    Until others here mentioned it I hadn't even considered it a discrimination issue (though as nationality is probably included in "race" then it might be)

    What I had been thinking about was how society has changed and become more multicultural and how job requirements are changing as a result.


  • #64
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Mod: Locked pending mod review.

    //MOD

    Nody: Review completed; posts deleted. Lets keep the discussion on the topic at hand without dragging in anything and everything in between. The question is if requiring polish speakers is discrimination or not; discussion on if they should speak English or leave, prisoners in USA etc. is definitely out of scope for the thread.

    //MOD


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