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Old 28th Apr 2008, 20:08
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Contrary to what some have posted there is no legal problem with imposing English, or any other language, as the working language in any private company in any country in the EU.

As Farrel rightly points out, when you are working with a group of internationals the correct language has to be established from the outset, everyone must understand what is being said and I think everybody agrees on the need for a common language policy.

However, banning the use of another language for social chats by the coffee machine or in the company restaurant is asking for trouble, to start with it's poor management to even try and impose such a policy and , secondly, it can be argued that it infringes all sorts of european conventions.

I work in a organisation where our working language is different from our host country. To be honest it's a non-issue, we are many nationalities and most of us are polite enough to speak the common language in social situations but there are always occasions when the French will speak French, the Germans speak German and the Italians Italian.
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