Bilingual Region
Unilingual Region
Communication (written and oral) ...continued
• When they provide personal or central services to employees who are located in bilingual region, the OL rights of employees who receive personal or central services takes precedence. Other scenarios of communication between employees: • An employee in a bilingual region communicates with an employee in a bilingual region in the OL chosen by both parties (that is, each person communicates in the OL of their choice). • An employee in a bilingual region communicates with an employee in a unilingual region using the OL of the recipient’s region. If unilingual employees have to communicate with or receive communications from bilingual employees, managers and supervisors should put in place mechanisms to facilitate these communications.
• When they provide personal or central services to employees who are located in bilingual region, the OL rights of employees who receive personal or central services takes precedence. Other scenarios of communication between employees: • An employee in a unilingual region communicates with an employee in the same region using the OL of the region. • An employee in a unilingual region communicates with an employee in another unilingual region with a different OL using the OL of the sender’s region. The onus of understanding the communication is on the recipient. If unilingual employees have to communicate with or receive communications from bilingual employees, managers and supervisors should put in place mechanisms to facilitate these communications.
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