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Ireland's latest move into bureaucratic quagmire of daftness

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  • 20-05-2008 5:23pm
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    An Irish “Equality Tribunal” is forcing an employer to pay its employees €290,000 in compensation for not translating employment related documents into their native languages!

    What is the purpose of having official languages in a state? To provide a legal basis for communication.

    Switzerland has four official languages – Swiss German, French, Italian and Rumanch – and the unofficial overlay Switzerland-wide language of English. It is the most linguistically open country on the planet, which has had large numbers of guest workers for decades. Yet there is no way that a Swiss employer is going to produce his conditions of employment documents in Polish, Russian, Chinese, etc. Or be required by a Cantonal or Swiss Federal court to do so.

    “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.

    Which implies that you have to get a basic working knowledge of a language used in that country. Furthermore it is unsafe to be working on a building site or any heavy manufacturing operation if you don’t have the lingo of the job. In any event, safety instructions should be communicated by standard icons and symbols – not words so that they are universally understandable. (Same as road signs on the continent).

    I love language diversity and have no problem with people coming from anywhere to work in Ireland. However the country is being overrun by bureaucracies, often staffed by stupid people, who are making awful decisions. The bureaucracies are costing a fortune to run. And the decisions they make are costing the private sector another fortune to comply with.

    Just another nail in the coffin of Ireland, Inc/SA/AG. Which will shortly be one of the most uncompetitive and bureaucratic locations on the planet to do business.

    http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=ireland-qqqm=ireland-qqqa=ireland-qqqid=63195-qqqx=1.asp

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