California Government Code

§ 12951

GOV § 12951 Effective Jan 1, 2002Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 2.8 · Ch. 6 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 12926, to adopt or enforce a policy that limits or prohibits the use of any language in any workplace, unless both of the following conditions exist:

(1)The language restriction is justified by a business necessity.

(2)The employer has notified its employees of the circumstances and the time when the language restriction is required to be observed and of the consequences for violating the language restriction.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 295, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.