Nursing Home Settles With EEOC About Its ‘English Only’ Policy

Healthcare Services Group will pay monetary damages to a woman employed as a “light housekeeper” at a California nursing home for prohibiting her from speaking her native language of Spanish while in the workplace, the EEOC said Wednesday.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigators found evidence confirming that the woman’s employer maintained a limited “English only” rule.

The company will provide training for all California employees as well as separate training for all California managers and human resources personnel. The company also agreed to revise its California policies and procedures to include a clear statement that Healthcare Services Group will ...