Uppsala social services manager issues ’Swedish only’ decree
Last year, the Finnish employees at one office of the Uppsala City Social Services Department were forbidden to speak Finnish to each other at work.
The ban has led to a dispute that is now being handled by both the Swedish Discrimination Ombudsman and the Council of Europe.
The decree issued by one manager provoked bad feeling among the staff in the spring of last year. The employer stressed that the official language of the Social Services Department is Swedish, while no other languages must be used in public premises, including the hall and the coffee room.
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