After SVT reported on a site manager at a taxi company who demanded a total ban on speaking the home language during working hours, we spoke with Clas Lundstedt, press officer at the Discrimination Ombudsman (DO) to hear what he had to say about language requirements at workplaces from a discrimination perspective.
Can employers require employees to speak Swedish during working hours?
– It depends entirely on the situation, it is possible for the employer to make demands on a certain use of language in certain contexts. But it risks being what we call indirect discrimination if you make a general requirement that a certain language be used.
Hear him talk about the language requirements of the job in the clip.