It's all in the details. I would think that if a company refused to hire someone because they didn't speak Spanish as their main language..that would be discrimination and I'd look into that.

Now if she wasn't hired because she could not speak Spanish well enough to converse with customers who spoke Spanish; that's entirely different.

Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination: Questions And Answers

Try this link to decide if there has been actual discrimination.

Interesting to see what applies and what doesn't.

I remember one time when I worked in an office as a secretary and our office manager was interviewing for a position. A neat looking black woman came to apply and then left a bit later.

The Office Manager, a sweet gal and easy to work for, came out of her office and said 'That woman was very qualified, but I don't think I can work with a black person. Nothing against them though'. (It's been a while, so it was words similar to what I've written.)

I'd never experienced that kind of thing; almost fell off my chair. I do believe the Office Manager sincerely believed she could not co-exist with a black person in a working enviroment. Wow. That was awful and maybe I should have reported her.

Tootsie