A group of Filipino American hospital employees in California have won in a case of national origin discrimination and harassment, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) announced Monday.
The settlement is the largest for a workplace language discrimination case both in the U.S. west coast and the country’s healthcare service. It is also the largest language rights settlement ever secured by APALC.
The landmark victory was achieved by APALC, a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of 69 Filipino American hospital employees who were subject to national origin discrimination and harassment when the hospital singled them out for enforcement of an unlawful English only policy in violation of federal and state law.
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